Site details

Valis: Tholos

PK	C5316
TITLE	Valis: Tholos
WGS84	35.072925° N, 25.028283° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.072925, 25.028283
LON/LAT	25.028283, 35.072925

DMS

35° 4' 22.53" N

25° 1' 41.8188" E

W3W	awesome, impatiently, redo
UTM	35 S, 320225, 3882908
EGSA87	593602, 3881325

Elevation m	331
Elevation feet	1086
Region	Crete
Subregion	Monophatsion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Eaby [2007], 99    'Marinatos excavated a robbed tholos tomb at this site ...'
2.    Tholos.   Kanta [1980], 95    'An EM tholos was situated here. It continued to be used in the LM III.'
3.    Tholos.   BCH [1926], 578    '...un tombeau à coupole protominoen...'
4.    Tomb.   Woodward [1927], 258    'M. Marinatos, ..., reports that he dug two Early Minoan tombs, one near the village of Vali ...'
5.    Tomb.   Pendlebury [1965], 295    'Latest burial in circular tomb and larnax burials.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 95, 'An EM tholos was situated here.'
    b.    BCH [1926]: 578, 'Du minoen ancien, il ne subsiste qu'un sceau en stéatite, ...'
    c.    Eaby [2007]: 99, 'It is of EM type, ...'
    d.    Woodward [1927]: 258, '... Early Minoan tombs, ...'

2. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    BCH [1926]: 578, 'Du M.M., on a conservé, entre autres, deux beaux vases à une anse...'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 99, 'Many MM and LM cups remained on the tomb floor, ...'
    c.    Woodward [1927]: 258, 'Many M.M. and L.M. cups were found including two beautiful M.M. one-handled cups ...'

3. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    BCH [1926]: 578, '...du minoen récent, ...'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 99, 'The tomb was extensively reused in the LM period, ...', 'Many ... LM cups remained on the tomb floor, ...'
    c.    Woodward [1927]: 258, 'It apparently continued in use for a very long time, as it was full of Late Minoan larnakes ...'
    d.    Pendlebury [1965]: 293, 'Sites where remains have been found which are of Late Minoan date but cannot be assigned to any particular Period.'

4. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 95, 'It continued to be used in the LM III.'

5. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 100, '...it is possible that some of the pithoi date to LM IIIC/SM.'

6. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 100, '...it is possible that some of the pithoi date to LM IIIC/SM.'

NOTE

1. In addition see E.P. Blegen, American Journal of Archaeology(31:1), 127 [1927] which recaps Marinatos' report. It is online here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1926]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 50, 1926., ''Vali (Est de Gortyne) (1).'', pg. 578. Online here.

2. 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., '61. Valis', pg. 99. Online here.

3. Kanta [1980]: Kanta, Athanasia. The Late Minoan III Period in Crete; A Survey of Sites, Pottery and their Distribution. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg. Sweden. 1980., '14. Valis', pg. 95.

4. Pendlebury [1965]: Pendlebury, John D.. The Archaeology of Crete. Norton, 1965., 'SOUTH CRETE; Vali', pg. 295.

5. Woodward [1927]: Woodward, A.M.. ‘Archaeology in Greece, 1926-27’, Journal of Hellenic Studies (47:2) 234-263, 'Crete.', pg. 258. Online here.