Site details
Koumasa E
| PK | C6270 |
| TITLE | Koumasa E |
| WGS84 | 34.983353° N, 25.013073° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 34.983353, 25.013073 |
| LON/LAT | 25.013073, 34.983353 |
| DMS | 34° 59' 0.0708" N | , | 25° 0' 47.0628" E |
| W3W | tickle, lewdly, shines |
| UTM | 35 S, 318640, 3873000 |
| EGSA87 | 592316, 3871377 |
| Elevation m | 360 |
| Elevation feet | 1181.1 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Monophatsion |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds
TYPE
1. Tholos. BCH Online, 3409 'Cleaning of the entrance of tholos tomb E ... '2. 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. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
a. Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 188, 'Dating: MMI.'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Koumasa, Crete', no. 3409.
Online here.
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, '36. Koumasa E', pg. 188.
Online here.