Site details
Gortyn: Hagios Georgios
| PK | C5915 |
| TITLE | Gortyn: Hagios Georgios |
| WGS84 | 35.060832° N, 24.942757° E |
| Accuracy | Unknown |
| LAT/LON | 35.060832, 24.942757 |
| LON/LAT | 24.942757, 35.060832 |
| DMS | 35° 3' 38.9952" N | , | 24° 56' 33.9252" E |
| W3W | rakes, microphones, amps |
| UTM | 35 S, 312398, 3881724 |
| EGSA87 | 585817, 3879907 |
| Elevation m | 161 |
| Elevation feet | 528.2 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Kainourion |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos
TYPE
1. Tholos. Eaby [2007], 96 '..., Alexiou excavated an unrobbed, built PG tholos with a 2.7 m diameter circular chamber ...'PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Eaby [2007]: 96, 'All of the finds appear to date to PG, ...'
NOTE
1. Eaby [2007] 96 describes the site as '..., near the church of St. George, and at the foot of the necropolis of ancient Gortyn.' It's not easy for a place to be both and I have placed the marker half-way between.'
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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., '58. Gortyn', pg. 96.
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