Site details

Adromyloi - Sykia: Cem

PK	C5698
TITLE	Adromyloi – Sykia: Cem
WGS84	35.094866° N, 26.047644° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.094866, 26.047644
LON/LAT	26.047644, 35.094866

DMS

35° 5' 41.5176" N

26° 2' 51.5184" E

W3W	smarmy, calculating, crushing
UTM	35 S, 413195, 3883978
EGSA87	686500, 3885193

Elevation m	193
Elevation feet	633.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Kanta [1980], 186    'A Protogeometric and Geometric cemetery ... was excavated in the area between Adromyloi and Sykia.'
2.    Cem.   Eaby [2007], 65    '..., Platon excavated in 1953-54 a mostly looted LM IIIC - PG ... cemetery of rectangular, built tholos tombs with small dromoi.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 186, 'From the description of fig. 6 in Platon 1954, p. 365-367, it seems that the tombs, or some of them at least, went back to LM III C.'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 65, '...a mostly looted LM IIIC - PG ... cemetery...'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 186, 'A Protogeometric and Geometric cemetery ... '
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 65, '...a mostly looted LM IIIC - PG ... cemetery...'

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 186, 'A Protogeometric and Geometric cemetery ... '

NOTE

1. The Aristeia Project says "15 tholoi were placed in a group around a low hill, while 3 single tombs were found higher up on three separate neighboring hills." Their page puts it here: 35.0973154° N, 26.0532868° E

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Eaby [2007]: Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., '29. Adromyloi (Lithines); B. Agios Apostoloi (between Sykia - Adromyloi)', pg. 65. 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., 'The cemetery between Adromyloi and Sykia', pg. 186.