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Orchomenos: Treasury of Minyas

PK	C695
TITLE	Orchomenos: Treasury of Minyas
WGS84	38.493131° N, 22.974684° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.493131, 22.974684
LON/LAT	22.974684, 38.493131

DMS

38° 29' 35.2716" N

22° 58' 28.8624" E

W3W	directly, puzzles, sloths
UTM	34 S, 672212, 4262379
EGSA87	410436, 4260742

Elevation m	110
Elevation feet	360.9
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Cem.   AM[1910], 35
2.    Cem.   Knauss [1991],
3.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 122    'Das grösstenteils ruinierte Tholosgrab, Diam. 14 m. hat eine Seitenkammer.'
4.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 237    'The "Treasury of Orchomenos" (d. 14 m.), the finest tholos tomb ourside Mycenae ...'
5.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 61    Treasury of Minyas
6.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 233    'La tholos d'Orchomène ou "Trésor de Minyas", d'après l'appellation que lui donne Pausanias, ...'
7.    Tomb.   Farinetti [2011 AI4], 4    '..(monumental tomb of Mycenaean period - component O_7)..'
8.    Tomb.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1081
9.    Tomb.   Fossey [1988], 354    'From the Mycenaean period the most noticeable structure is, of course, the Treasury of Minyas, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI4]: 4, '..Mycenaean..'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 61, 'The tomb can not be dated definitively, however, since its contents, with the exception of architectural remains, had been removed long before Schliemann investigated it ...'
    c.    Fossey [1988]: 354, 'From the Mycenaean period ...'

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 237, 'Ses grandes ressemblances avec le Trésor d'Atrée permettent de la situer à la même époque que celui-ci dans le courant du XIIIe s.'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AM[1910]: 35,
    b.    Knauss [1991]: ,

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1081,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 237, Perhaps? The authors say of it: '...and almost identical both in size and style with the "Treasury of Atreus", ...'
    c.    AM[1910]: 35,
    d.    Knauss [1991]: ,

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AM[1910]: 35,
    b.    Knauss [1991]: ,

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AM[1910]: 35,

7. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    AM[1910]: 35,

8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AM[1910]: 35,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AM[1910]: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung, Germany. 1910., '', pg. 35.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Orchomenos', pg. 121.

3. Farinetti [2011 AI4]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.4; The Copais area: Orchomenos. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., 'Components O_4, O_6 and O_7', pg. 4. Specifically Component O_7

4. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., 'Structural Remains', pg. 353.

5. Knauss [1991]: Knauss, Jost. Kopais 3: Wasserbau und Geschichte Minysche Epoch-Bayerische Zeit. München, Lehrstuhl für Wasserbau und Wassermengenwirtschaft im Inst. für Bauingenieurwesen IV, 1991., '',

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., '33. Orchomène', pg. 233. Online here.

7. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 1 Ancient Orchomenos', pg. 61. Online here.

8. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'G 1 Ancient Orchomenos', pg. 236. Online here.

9. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1081.