Site details

Berbati Tholos

PK	C895
TITLE	Berbati Tholos
WGS84	37.716625° N, 22.80163° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.716625, 22.80163
LON/LAT	22.80163, 37.716625

DMS

37° 42' 59.85" N

22° 48' 5.868" E

W3W	spoof, retaining, beady
UTM	34 S, 658792, 4175902
EGSA87	394231, 4174763

Elevation m	217
Elevation feet	711.9
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 39    ' ..., but produced much LH IIA-IIIA1 pottery and some other finds ... '
2.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 40    'Etwas nordwestlich der Siedlung wurde ein geplündertes Tholosgrab, Diam. 8 m, ausgegraben.'
3.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 177    'La tholos de Berbati est située à quelque distance au Nord-Ouest de l'éminence de Kastraki qui porte l'habitat, ...'
4.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 19    '..a tholos tomb (diameter 8 m.). It had been robbed ...'
5.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 39    'About 1 km. NW of the site is a tholos tomb (d. 8 m.); ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 40, 'Die Vasen sind in SH II und IIIA zu datieren.'

2. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 19, '..contained much LH IIA to LHIIIA1 pottery and some other finds, ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 39, ' ... much LH IIA - IIIA1 pottery ... '

3. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 19, '..contained much LH IIA to LHIIIA1 pottery and some other finds, ...'
    b.    Pelon [1976]: 178, 'Wace la place à une date antérieure à 1400 av. J.-C. ...'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 40, 'Die Vasen sind in SH II und IIIA zu datieren.'

5. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 19, '..contained much LH IIA to LHIIIA1 pottery and some other finds, ...'
    b.    Pelon [1976]: 178, '...et Furumark la date du Myc. IIIA 1.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 39, ' ... much LH IIA - IIIA1 pottery ... '

NOTES

1. For a discussion of the tomb's location see the blog post here.

2. For more pictures of the Berbati tomb see this blog post.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Berbati', pg. 38.

2. 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., '3. Berbati', pg. 177. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 7 Berbati: Kastraki or Mastos; 2. The Tombs', pg. 19. Online here.

4. 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., 'A 5 Berbati: Mastos; 2. Tombs', pg. 39. Online here.

PHOTOS AND IMAGES

Dromos of the Berbati tholos.
Original work of Ian Seath licensed under CC-BY.