Site details

Ayios Georgios

PK	C6257
TITLE	Ayios Georgios
WGS84	34.938889° N, 24.762222° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	34.938889, 24.762222
LON/LAT	24.762222, 34.938889

DMS

34° 56' 20.0004" N

24° 45' 43.9992" E

W3W	loftily, mildly, surplus
UTM	35 S, 295629, 3868552
EGSA87	569458, 3866242

Elevation m	136
Elevation feet	446.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kainourion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    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.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 181, 'Dating: ?EMI - ?EMII.'

2. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 181, 'Dating: ?EMI - ?EMII.'

NOTE

1. GPS coordinates provided in Goodison and Guarita [2005] 182, no. 15.

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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, '15. Ayios Georgios', pg. 182. Online here.