Site details

Knossos: Fortetsa IA Tombs

PK	C5568
TITLE	Knossos: Fortetsa IA Tombs
WGS84	35.296971° N, 25.152697° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	35.296971, 25.152697
LON/LAT	25.152697, 35.296971

DMS

35° 17' 49.0956" N

25° 9' 9.7092" E

W3W	scanner, cult, trials
UTM	35 S, 332032, 3907542
EGSA87	604658, 3906297

Elevation m	154
Elevation feet	505.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 46    '...with seventeen EARLY IRON AGE TOMBS dug by Platon, ...'
2.    Cem.   JHS[1933], 288    '... the field in question was systematically explored by Blakeway and myself, and six other tombs were found: ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 46, 'EARLY IRON AGE TOMBS ...'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    JHS[1933]: 288, 'Four of the six tombs were closed protogeometric tombs, ...'

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    JHS[1933]: 288, '..., and from these there was a continuous sequence, through geometric to early orientalizing ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. JHS[1933]: Journal of Hellenic Studies. (53), 1933, 'Crete', pg. 288. 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, '151 (97) FORETSA CEMETERY', pg. 46. 'Actually Fortetsa/Fortezza'. Misspelling in original.
Online here.