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Lebena Yerokambos: Tholos Y2

PK	C6079
TITLE	Lebena Yerokambos: Tholos Y2
WGS84	34.936793° N, 24.90128° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	34.936793, 24.90128
LON/LAT	24.90128, 34.936793

DMS

34° 56' 12.4548" N

24° 54' 4.608" E

W3W	junction, surfs, politely
UTM	35 S, 308326, 3868045
EGSA87	582159, 3866116

Elevation m	92
Elevation feet	301.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kainourion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Herrero [2014], 193    ' ..., Tholos Y2'
2.    Tomb.   Goodison and Guarita [2005], 171    'The Mesara-type tombs are circular stone-built structures a number of which show traces of an original corbelled 'tholos' roof.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Herrero [2014]: 193, 'Documented first use: EM I.'
    b.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 190, 'Dating: EMI ... '

2. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 190, 'Dating: EMI-MMIA.'

3. Early Minoan IIA: (2650 BC - 2450 BC)
    a.    Herrero [2014]: 193, 'Other periods documented: EM IIA, EM IIB, EM III, MM IA, MM IB'

4. Early Minoan IIB: (2450 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Herrero [2014]: 193, 'Other periods documented: EM IIA, EM IIB, EM III, MM IA, MM IB'

5. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Herrero [2014]: 193, 'Other periods documented: EM IIA, EM IIB, EM III, MM IA, MM IB'
    b.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 190, 'Dating: EMI-MMIA.'

6. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Herrero [2014]: 193, 'Other periods documented: EM IIA, EM IIB, EM III, MM IA, MM IB'
    b.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 190, 'Dating: EMI-MMIA. (Annexe rooms D and AN started MMIA; A and M later than the tombs).'

7. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Herrero [2014]: 193, 'Other periods documented: EM IIA, EM IIB, EM III, MM IA, MM IB'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Goodison and Guarita [2005]: Goodison, Lucy and Carlos Guarita. ‘A New Catalogue of the Mesara-Type Tombs’, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici [47], pp. 171-212, 2005, '43. Lebena Yerokambos 2', pg. 190. Online here.

2. Herrero [2014]: Herrero, Borja Legarra. Mortuary Behavior and Social Trajectories in Pre- and Protopalatial Crete. INSTAP Academic Press, March, 2014., '79. Lebena Yerokambos, Tholos Y2', pg. 193.