GREECE PELOPONNESE MESSINIA PERISTERIA

Above left: Looking out from tholos 1. - Above right: The two smaller tholos tombs were later enclosed by a circular wall. Such enclosures around cemeteries could make them suitable for religious gatherings, as can be alleged for Peristeria. Cult practices continued here until Classical times. - Below: Of tholos 2 only the lower part of the walls are preserved. They are reinforced at intervals to prevent further collapse.

Below right: The third tholos, probably as early as the Late Helladic I period, is only poorly preserved.