Site details

Gorgolaini

PK	C6259
TITLE	Gorgolaini
WGS84	35.206208° N, 24.987256° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	35.206208, 24.987256
LON/LAT	24.987256, 35.206208

DMS

35° 12' 22.3488" N

24° 59' 14.1216" E

W3W	loveliness, fellowships, whiplash
UTM	35 S, 316783, 3897767
EGSA87	589715, 3896069

Elevation m	567
Elevation feet	1860.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Malevyzion

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.'
2.    Tomb.   CrChr [1955], 566    The Cretica Chronica speaks here of a circular structure with various bones and sherds.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Minoan: (3100 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    CrChr [1955]: 566, 'Perhaps this was a tomb of the Minoan or pre-Minoan period.' ' ... taphou ton proanaktorikon mioikon chronon.' RHC translation.

2. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 183, 'Dating: EM.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. CrChr [1955]: Cretica Chronika (9) 1955., '', pg. 566. Online here.

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, '19. Gorgolaini', pg. 183. Online here.

3. 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., ''Gorgolaini'', pg. 462. Online here.