Site details

Tzanata-Borzi

PK	C582
TITLE	Tzanata–Borzi
WGS84	38.142385° N, 20.76053° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.142385, 20.76053
LON/LAT	20.76053, 38.142385

DMS

38° 8' 32.586" N

20° 45' 37.908" E

W3W	pastry, emigrated, tenfold
UTM	34 S, 479016, 4221640
EGSA87	215948, 4226285

Elevation m	48
Elevation feet	157.5
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Kephalonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   BCH [1992], 876    ' ..., et des tessons des IIIe - Ier millénaires av. J.-C. recueillis en surface dans cette région ... '
2.    Tholos.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 44    'The tholos (d.: 6.8m) was built of local worked sandstone and poros stones and its wall is preserved up to a height of 3.95m.'
3.    Tholos.   BCH [1992], 876    ' ... en surface dans cette région du Sud-Est de l'île ; la présence d'une grande tombe à tholos mycénienne ... '
4.    Tholos.   BCH [1993], 810    ' ..., à l'intérieur de la tholos de 6,80 m de diamètre, ... ','Une toiture de protection a été installée au-dessus de la tholos mycénienne découverte en 1991 ... '
5.    Tholos.   BCH [1994], 725    ' ... la fouille de la tombe à tholos HR ... ', 'On a également commencé la fouille d'une seconde tombe à tholos, située à côté de la précédente.'
6.    Tholos.   AR[1997], 46    'A large royal Myc tholos tomb of LH IIIA date ... '
7.    Tomb.   AD[1992], 154

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AD[1992]: 154,
    b.    BCH [1992]: 876, ' ... mycénienne ... '
    c.    BCH [1994]: 725, ' ... tombe à tholos HR ... '

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AR[1997]: 46, ' ... tomb of LH IIIA date ... '
    b.    BCH [1993]: 810, ? 'Un bracelet en or ressemble à ceux que l'on fabriquait en Macédoine au xive s. av. J.-C.'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 44, 'The excavator has dated the construction of the tholos to the 14th century (LH IIIA2?), but believes that it was preceded by an earlier tholos, the stones of which were reused in the construction of the second tholos.'

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 44, 'At a later stage (LH IIIC?) three oval/elliptical deep pits were dug through the floor'

5. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AR[1997]: 46, ' ... the contracted remains of a primary adult burial, date to the SMyc or PG period.'

6. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    AR[1997]: 46, ' ... the contracted remains of a primary adult burial, date to the SMyc or PG period.'

NOTES

1. Some of the objects found are listed in BCH [1993] 810, ' ..., on y a recueilli plusieurs objets en bronze et en or, dont une double hache en or, et un sceau représentant des bucranes, qui suggère l'existence de relations avec la Crète.'

2. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], p. 44: 'In 1992, Mr L. Kolonas of the Eforia in Patras excavated a tholos tomb with an adjacent built ossuary at a locality called Borzi, just outside the village of Tzanata off the road to Poros.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1992]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 47, '', pg. 154.

2. AR[1997]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (44) 1997., 'KEPHALLENIA; Tzannata Porou', pg. 46. Online here.

3. BCH [1992]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 116. 1992, 'Poros', pg. 876. Online here.

4. BCH [1993]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 117. 1993, 'Poros', pg. 810. Online here.

5. BCH [1994]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 118, 1994., 'Poros', pg. 725. Online here.

6. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: Souyoudzoglou-Haywood, Christina. The Ionian Islands in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age; 3000-800 B.C.. Liverpool University Press. 1999. , 'Tzanata-Borzi (37)', pg. 44. Online here.