Site details

Papoulia: Tholos 2

PK	C431
TITLE	Papoulia: Tholos 2
WGS84	37.0124° N, 21.750782° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.0124, 21.750782
LON/LAT	21.750782, 37.0124

DMS

37° 0' 44.64" N

21° 45' 2.8152" E

W3W	resolved, bodily, predictions
UTM	34 S, 566791, 4096511
EGSA87	299742, 4098325

Elevation m	315
Elevation feet	1033.5
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Built Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 117    '..three small built tombs imitating tholoi and a rectangular built grave.'
2.    Cem.   PAE[1954], 315
3.    Tholoi.   Leekley and Noyes [1976], 129    'At the village, Marinatos excavated four small and badly destroyed LH III tholoi ... '
4.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 85    ' ... 2 kleine Tholosgräber und ein Kistengrab.'
5.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 120    'In Papoulia village there are three LH III small tholoi and a cist grave ... '
6.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 200    'Tholos B (18B)', '...puisque seules étaient conservées quelques pierres de la partie inférieure du cercle.'
7.    Tholos.   Simpson [2014], 21    '...tholoi;...'
8.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 538    'Tholos 2'
9.    Tholos.   Messenia I, 240    'Four rather small tholos tombs ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 538, Einziger Hinweis für eine Datierung ist Marinatos' chronologische Einordnung des Bügelkannenfragmentes in SH III.
    b.    Messenia I: 240, 'The pottery is LH III.'
    c.    Pelon [1976]: 201, 'La céramique non décrite trouvée dans les tombes est attribuée par Marinatos à l'HR III ...'
    d.    Simpson [1981]: 117, 'LH II-III(A-B) A C'
    e.    Simpson [2014]: 21, 'LH II-III(A-B), A, C'
    f.    PAE[1954]: 315,
    g.    Ålin [1962]: 85, 'Die Keramik der 3 Gräber ist in SH III zu datieren.'
    h.    Leekley and Noyes [1976]: 129, ' ... four small and badly destroyed LH III tholoi ... '
    i.    Boyd [2001]: 120, ' ... three LH III small tholoi ... '

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    PAE[1954]: 315,

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    PAE[1954]: 315,

NOTE

1. Placement is notional. It is some 80 m. south of C430 and see that note for more.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1954]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1954., '', pg. 315.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Papoulia', pg. 85.

3. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '14: Ayos Ioánnis Papoúlia', pg. 119. Online here.

4. Leekley and Noyes [1976]: Leekley, Dorothy and Robert Noyes. Archaeological Excavations in Southern Greece. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1976, 'Pappoulia (Pylias)', pg. 128.

5. Messenia I: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Habitation in Southwestern Peloponnese’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1961), pp. 221-260., '49. Papoulia', pg. 240. 'Four rather small tholos tombs were excavated here by Marinatos. Three are in the village and badly destroyed. One is just outside the village at a spot called Latzouni, and the collapsed chamber is said to have been intact. The pottery is LH III. ..'
Online here.

6. Pelon [1976]: Pelon, Olivier. Tholoi, tumuli et cercles funéraires; Recherches sur les monuments funéraires de plan circulaire dan l'Égée de l’Âge du Bronze (IIIe at IIe millénaires av. J.-C). Bibliothèques de l'École française d'Athènes et de Rome - Série Athènes, 229. 1976., '18. Papoulia', pg. 200. Pelon calls this 'Tholos B (18B)'
Online here.

7. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '49 Papoulia (village)', pg. 21.

8. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 16 Papoulia Village', pg. 117. 'Within the village of Papoulia and immediately outside it to the west were found three small built tombs imitating tholoi and a rectanbular built grave.'
Online here.

9. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Tholos 2', pg. 538. Online here.