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Stavies: Tholoi

PKC5325
TITLEStavies: Tholoi
WGS84 35.004907° N, 25.022977° E
Accuracy 100 m.

LAT/LON 35.004907, 25.022977
LON/LAT 25.022977, 35.004907

DMS 35° 0' 17.6652" N,25° 1' 22.7172" E

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UTM35 S, 319592, 3875373
EGSA87 593196, 3873776

Elevation m254
Elevation feet 833.3
RegionCrete
SubregionMonophatsion





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Kanta [1980], 87    Tholos D and tholos Z. 'The MM tholos tomb ...'
2.    Tomb.   Goodison and Guarita [2005], 180    
3.    Tomb.   Pelon [1976], 8    'Les deux tombes d'Agia Irini E and (epsilon)...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 180, 'EMI-II, MMIA...'

2. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 180, 'EMI-II, MMIA...'
    b.    Pelon [1976]: 8, 'Xanthoudidis a noté la présence de vases MA II dans les deux tombs..'

3. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 87, Tholos D 'The MM tholos tomb may have continued to be used in the LM III period.'

4. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 180, 'EMI-II, MMIA...'

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 87, Of Tholos Z Kanta says 'The date of these alterations is proven by "Mycenaean" vases among which was a tall-stemmed kylix.'

6. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 180, '(Re-use in LM)'
    b.    Pelon [1976]: 8, 'Dans la tombe E en outre, des larnakès et des fragments de pithoi funeraires sont datés par lui (Xanthoudidis, RHC) du Minoen Recent.'

7. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 87, Tholos D 'The MM tholos tomb may have continued to be used in the LM III period.'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 87, Of Tholos Z Kanta says 'Several alterations in the construction of the tomb were made in LM III.'

NOTES

1.  I've placed this marker on the church of Aghia Irini. The tholoi are now destroyed leaving just a stony field.

2.  Pelon refers to tombs E and epsilon; Kanta to D and Z; Goodison & Guarita to E and e. There are only two tombs here so I assume that E == E == D and epsilon == Z == e.

3.  On the Google map of July, 2, 2016 one sees what appear to be circular features at: 35.003932°, 25.023165°. Perhaps this is the exact location.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Goodison and Guarita [2005]:  Goodison, Lucy and Carlos Guarita. ‘A New Catalogue of the Mesara-Type Tombs’, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici [47], pp. 171-212, 2005, '6. Ayia Eirini E and 7. Ayia Eirini e', pg. 180. Online here.

2.  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., '13. Stavies', pg. 87.

3.  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., '1. Agia Irini.', pg. 8. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5325 is at 34.94288° N, 25.04418° E, a straight-line distance of 7 km and 148 m.