Volos: Kazanaki Tholos
| PK | C5195 |
| TITLE | Volos: Kazanaki Tholos |
| WGS84 | 39.382731° N, 22.949403° E |
| Accuracy | 100 m. |
| LAT/LON | 39.382731, 22.949403 |
| LON/LAT | 22.949403, 39.382731 |
| DMS | 39° 22' 57.8316" N | , | 22° 56' 57.8508" E |
| W3W | drips, instant, bridge |
| UTM | 34 S, 667895, 4361063 |
| EGSA87 | 409369, 4359490 |
| Elevation m | 28 |
| Elevation feet | 91.9 |
| Region | Pelasgiotis |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos
TYPE
1. Artifacts. BCH Online, 1102 'Une des plaques de couverture comportait, sur sa face inférieure, un relief représentant une scène de chasse.',' ..., des fragments de bijoux en or (plus de 1000 perles dispersées, une bague), de la faïence et de la pâte de verre, des éléments en ivoire et des clous dorés, des plaquettes en or ou en pâte de verre représentant un homme barbu, des sceaux en améthyste, agate et cristal de roche, ainsi que de nombreuses lamelles d’or décorées, provenant peut-être des vêtements des défunts.'2. Tholos. AR[2004], 59 'In the N outskirts of Volos town, at Kazanaki, during works for a water drain system in January 2004, a tholos tomb was revealed.'
3. Tholos. BCH Online, 1102 ' ... la découverte, au lieu-dit Kazanaki, d’une tombe à chambre mycénienne intacte, ... '
4. Tholos. Thomas [2005], 58 '...the find of an intact apparently unplundered Mycenaean tholos on the ring road around Volos.'
5. Tholos. Smirniou et al. [2009], 11 'In 2004 an intact Mycenaean tholos tomb ... near the ring-road of Volos was investigated, ...'
6. Tomb. AD[2001], 506
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. BCH Online: 1102, ' ...chambre mycénienne intacte, ... '
2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Thomas [2005]: 58, 'It is dated to the fourteenth century BCE.'
b. AD[2001]: 506,
c. AR[2004]: 59, 'The pottery found inside and outside ... yielded 30 vases, ..., dating from LH IIIA1 - IIIA2 ... '
d. BCH Online: 1102, ? 'Elle date de la fin du XVe ou du début du XIVe s.'
3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
a. AR[2004]: 60, 'The pottery found inside and outside ... yielded 30 vases, ..., dating from LH IIIA1 - IIIA2 ... ','The sherds of the LH IIIA1 pithamphora were found both inside the relieving triangle and outside it, ... '
4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Smirniou et al. [2009]: 12, 'The funeral gifts accompanying the dead consist of 42 decorated and plain vases that date the tomb to the LH III A2 period.'
b. AR[2004]: 60, 'The pottery found inside and outside these trench tombs yielded 30 vases, decorated and undecorated, dating from LH IIIA1-IIIA2 ... '
5. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Smirniou et al. [2009]: 12, 'We think that the plain vases that were found next to the fire, some of which bearing visible traces of burnt materials, had probably been used in second-phase funeral customs that took place during the simultaneous exposure of all seven dead in the fire, which - according to the pottery evidence - dates to the end of the LH III B2 period.'
6. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. AR[2004]: 60, ' ..., together with sherds of a LH IIIC hydria ... ', 'The five/six undecorated lekanidia ... and skyphidia ... that were used during the burning ceremony, ..., belong to LH IIIC'
NOTES
1. This is where Kazanaki crosses the Ring Road of Volos. Site and position contributed by Professor Alex Knodell, Carleton College.
2. Note that Linear B symbols were found on the tomb: AR [2004] 59, lower right column: "On this beam seven symbols were found inscribed in Linear B ... "
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AD[2001]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 56, '', pg. 506.
2. AR[2004]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (51) 2004., 'Volos. ', pg. 59.
Online here.
3. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'VOLOS. - Kazanaki - 2004', no. 1102.
Page number is actually the BCH ID number: 'ID1102'.
Online here.
4. Ignatiadou and Antonaras [2009]: Ignatiadou, Despina and Anastassios Antonaras (eds.). Annales du 18e Congrès de l’Association Internationale pour l’Histoire du Verre. Thessaloniki 2009. ZITI Publishing, Thessaloniki, Greece. 2009., '',
5. Smirniou et al. [2009]: Smirniou, Melina and Thilo Rehren, Vassiliki Adrymi-Sismani, Eleni Asderaki, and Bernard Gratuze. ‘Mycenaean beads from Kazanaki, Volos: a further node in the LBA glass network’, Ignatiadou and Antonaras [2009], 11-18. 2009., 'The Site', pg. 11.
Online here.
6. Thomas [2005]: Thomas, Carol G. . Finding People in Early Greece. Fordyce W. Mitchel Memorial Lecture, University of Missouri. 2005., '', pg. 58.