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Knossos: EIA Tombs

PK	C5576
TITLE	Knossos: EIA Tombs
WGS84	35.304994° N, 25.153934° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.304994, 25.153934
LON/LAT	25.153934, 35.304994

DMS

35° 18' 17.9784" N

25° 9' 14.1624" E

W3W	sketches, elated, hotspot
UTM	35 S, 332161, 3908430
EGSA87	604760, 3907188

Elevation m	110
Elevation feet	360.9
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Tomb.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 38    'There were three of these (Tombs L, TFT, and Pi), ...'
2.    Tomb.   BCH [1933], 291    '...un grand tombeau géométrique tardif, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Iron Age: (1200 BC - 960 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 38, 'Early Iron Age Tombs ...'

2. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 38, 'Tomb Pi is presumably the large Late Geometric tomb mentioned in BCH lvii (1933) 291 after a report from Marinatos.'
    b.    BCH [1933]: 291, '...tombeau géométrique tardif, ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1933]: Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, Volume 57, 1933., 'Crete (1). - Cnossos.', pg. 291. 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, '52 (26, 27). EARLY IRON AGE TOMBS', pg. 38. Online here.