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Knossos: LM II Warrior Grave (Acropolis Tomb)

PK	C5583
TITLE	Knossos: LM II Warrior Grave (Acropolis Tomb)
WGS84	35.296314° N, 25.15501° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.296314, 25.15501
LON/LAT	25.15501, 35.296314

DMS

35° 17' 46.7304" N

25° 9' 18.036" E

W3W	curated, exchanges, wanted
UTM	35 S, 332241, 3907465
EGSA87	604869, 3906227

Elevation m	162
Elevation feet	531.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Sword.   Sandars [1963], 146    See General note.
2.    Tomb.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 45    '...warrior grave...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 45, '...: 'Rock Tomb L. M. I'.'
    b.    Sandars [1963]: 146, An alabastron found with was 'dated by Evans LM I but probably LM II; ...'

2. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Sandars [1963]: 146, An alabastron found with was 'dated by Evans LM I but probably LM II; ...'

NOTE

1. In Sandars [1963] 146, Sword found 'evidently from a grave, found as a result of kiln digging. Entirely typical with a not high rounded midrib; poor condition, the tip missing. Found with three spears, one exceptionally fine and very long, also a fragment from the horn of what appears to be a second horned sword, and a squat alabastron ...'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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, '149 (100). LATE MINOAN II WARRIOR GRAVE ('ACROPOLIS TOMB')', pg. 45. Online here.

2. Sandars [1963]: Sandars, N.K. . ‘Later Aegean Bronze Swords’, American Journal of Archaeology (67:2), 117-153, 1963., 'Crete: "Acropolis Tomb"', pg. 146. Online here.