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Knossos: PG Chamber Tomb

PK	C5551
TITLE	Knossos: PG Chamber Tomb
WGS84	35.306135° N, 25.149865° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.306135, 25.149865
LON/LAT	25.149865, 35.306135

DMS

35° 18' 22.086" N

25° 8' 59.514" E

W3W	slacker, expired, branch
UTM	35 S, 331794, 3908563
EGSA87	604389, 3907311

Elevation m	119
Elevation feet	390.4
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 37    'Protogeometric Chamber Tomb ...'
2.    Tomb.   Coldstream [1963], 34    'This tomb was discovered by Mr. Themistocles Bilmezis, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 37, 'Protogeometric Chamber Tomb ...'
    b.    Coldstream [1963]: 37, '... (Attic PG).', and spears described on 37-38 as 'likely to be Protogeometric'

2. Early Protogeometric: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 37, '...with Early PG burials ...'
    b.    Coldstream [1963]: 34, 'The pottery includes many shapes characteristic of Early Protogeometric.'

3. Late Protogeometric: (950 BC - 925 BC)
    a.    Coldstream [1963]: 37, 'Attic LPG.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Coldstream [1963]: Coldstream, J.N.. ‘Five Tombs at Knossos’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (58), pp. 30-43, 1963., ''II. Early Protogeometric Tomb at Tekke ...'', pg. 34. Online here.

2. Hood and Smyth [1981]: Hood, Sinclair and David Smyth. ‘Archaeological Survey of the Knossos Area’, The British School at Athens. Supplementary Volumes, No. 14, Archaeological Survey of the Knossos Area, pp. i-x & 1-69, 1981, ''50. PROTOGEOMETRIC CHAMBER TOMB'', pg. 37. Online here.