Site details

Agios Syllas

PK	C6126
TITLE	Agios Syllas
WGS84	35.243729° N, 25.122061° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.243729, 25.122061
LON/LAT	25.122061, 35.243729

DMS

35° 14' 37.4244" N

25° 7' 19.4196" E

W3W	presumption, hindrance, looked
UTM	35 S, 329134, 3901688
EGSA87	601939, 3900360

Elevation m	327
Elevation feet	1072.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Sjögren [2003], 137    'Burial site'
2.    Cem.   Eaby [2007], 143    'LM, PG and G pottery was found in association with tombs at Sochoro near the village.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 143, 'LM, PG and G pottery was found ... '

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 143, 'LM, PG and G pottery was found ... '

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Sjögren [2003]: 137, 'G', 'G pottery connected with tombs.'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 143, 'LM, PG and G pottery was found ... '

NOTE

1. This marker placed notionally. Sjögren says 'On the lower, northwestern slopes of the Juktas hill, at the Sochoro site close to the modern village of Ag. Sillas.'

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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., '98. Agios Syllas', pg. 143. Online here.

2. Sjögren [2003]: Sjögren, Lena. Cretan Locations; Discerning site variations in Iron Age and Archaic Crete (800 - 500 B.C.). BAR International Series, no 1185. BAR Publishing, Oxford, UK. 2003., 'C82. Ag. Sillas', pg. 137.