Site details

Monastiraki: Chalasmeno

PK	C5097
TITLE	Monastiraki: Chalasmeno
WGS84	35.08376° N, 25.831647° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.08376, 25.831647
LON/LAT	25.831647, 35.08376

DMS

35° 5' 1.536" N

25° 49' 53.9292" E

W3W	stably, snouts, herbals
UTM	35 S, 393492, 3882956
EGSA87	666832, 3883577

Elevation m	276
Elevation feet	905.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Ierapetra

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 90    ' '
2.    Tholos.   Eaby [2007], 49    '...an apparently undisturbed small tholos (Tomb A) with round chamber ...'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 90,  Size: 6400 sq. m.  Maximum of the two sub-sites (pp. 90-91): "'This area, called here the Lower Settlement, c. 70 by 80 m in size, ...', 'The Upper Settlement was ... , c. 50 to 60 m by 10 to 15 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 90, 'The upper settlement ... besides LM IIIC shows also MM occupation.'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 91, '...pottery from Chalasmeno represents predominantly LM IIIC shapes, ...'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 49, '...with all or nearly all vases dating to late LM IIIC.'

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 91, '...some SM or PG examples can be added ...'

4. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 91, '...some SM or PG examples can be added ...'

NOTE

1. Eaby [2007] 49 mentions another tholos tomb built into Room 5 of the settlement. Also see Eaby [2007] figs. 36-7.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Eaby [2007]: Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., '20. Chalasmenos (Monastiraki)', pg. 49. Online here.

2. Nowicki [2000]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Defensible Sites in Crete; c. 1200 - 800 B.C. (LM IIIB/IIIC through Early Geometric). Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 21., '28. Monastiraki Chalasmeno', pg. 90.