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Lebena Yerokambos: Tholos Y2a

PK	C6080
TITLE	Lebena Yerokambos: Tholos Y2a
WGS84	34.936754° N, 24.901338° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	34.936754, 24.901338
LON/LAT	24.901338, 34.936754

DMS

34° 56' 12.3144" N

24° 54' 4.8168" E

W3W	ceasefire, igneous, wrist
UTM	35 S, 308332, 3868040
EGSA87	582164, 3866111

Elevation m	92
Elevation feet	301.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kainourion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Herrero [2014], 193    ' ..., Tholos Y2a'
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 IIA: (2650 BC - 2450 BC)
    a.    Herrero [2014]: 193, 'Documented first use: EM IIA.'
    b.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 190, 'Dating: EMIIA, EMIII - MMIA.'

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

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

4. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Herrero [2014]: 193, 'Other periods documented: EM IIB, EM III, MM IA.'
    b.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 190, 'Dating: EMIIA, EMIII - MMIA.'

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, '44. Lebena Yerokambos 2A', 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., '80. Lebena Yerokambos, Tholos Y2A', pg. 193.