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Krasi Tholos

PKC6112
TITLEKrasi Tholos
WGS84 35.231691° N, 25.464978° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.231691, 25.464978
LON/LAT 25.464978, 35.231691

DMS 35° 13' 54.0876" N,25° 27' 53.9208" E

W3Wcritique, shins, latecomers
UTM35 S, 360317, 3899817
EGSA87 633160, 3899432

Elevation m635
Elevation feet 2083.3
RegionCrete
SubregionLasithi





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Nowicki [2000], 154    ' ... may have been contemporaneous with the well known MM tholos tomb excavated by Marinatos ... '
2.    Tholos.   Galli [2014],     'The Early Minoan tholos tomb at Krasi, ... '
3.    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.'
4.    Tomb.   Pelon [1976], 26    'La tombe de Krassi ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Galli [2014]: , ' ... spanning from its foundation in EMI to its last traced use in EMIII/MMIA.'
    b.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 188, 'Dating: EMI/?IIA - MMI.'
    c.    Pelon [1976]: 27, 'Datation : MA I - MM I ... '

2. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Galli [2014]: , ' ... spanning from its foundation in EMI to its last traced use in EMIII/MMIA.'
    b.    Pelon [1976]: 27, 'Datation : MA I - MM I ... '

3. Early Minoan IIA: (2650 BC - 2450 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 188, 'Dating: EMI/?IIA - MMI.'

4. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Galli [2014]: , ' ... spanning from its foundation in EMI to its last traced use in EMIII/MMIA.'
    b.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 188, 'Dating: EMI/?IIA - MMI.'
    c.    Pelon [1976]: 27, 'Datation : MA I - MM I ... '

5. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 154, ' ... the well known MM tholos tomb excavated by Marinatos ... '

6. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Galli [2014]: , ' ... spanning from its foundation in EMI to its last traced use in EMIII/MMIA.'

7. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 188, 'Dating: EMI/?IIA - MMI.'
    b.    Pelon [1976]: 27, 'Datation : MA I - MM I ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Galli [2014]:  Galli, Eirini. ‘The prepalatial tholos tomb at Krasi and its stratigraphic sequence’, Kretika Chronika (34) 231-248, 2014., '',

2.  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, '38. Krasi A', pg. 188. Online here.

3.  Nowicki [2000]:  Nowicki, Krzysztof. Defensible Sites in Crete; c. 1200 - 800 B.C. (LM IIIB/IIIC through Early Geometric). Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 21., '65. Krasi Armi', pg. 154.

4.  Pelon [1976]:  Pelon, Olivier. Tholoi, tumuli et cercles funéraires; Recherches sur les monuments funéraires de plan circulaire dan l'Égée de l’Âge du Bronze (IIIe at IIe millénaires av. J.-C). Bibliothèques de l'École française d'Athènes et de Rome - Série Athènes, 229. 1976., '15. Krasi.', pg. 26. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6112 is at 35.29242° N, 25.45491° E, a straight-line distance of 6 km and 800 m.