Krasi Tholos
| PK | C6112 |
| TITLE | Krasi 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 |
| W3W | critique, shins, latecomers |
| UTM | 35 S, 360317, 3899817 |
| EGSA87 | 633160, 3899432 |
| Elevation m | 635 |
| Elevation feet | 2083.3 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Lasithi |
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.