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Koumasa E

PKC6270
TITLEKoumasa 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

W3Wtickle, lewdly, shines
UTM35 S, 318640, 3873000
EGSA87 592316, 3871377

Elevation m360
Elevation feet 1181.1
RegionCrete
SubregionMonophatsion





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.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6270 is at 34.9415° N, 25.03894° E, a straight-line distance of 5 km and 206 m.