Site details

Livari: Skiadhi

PK	C6273
TITLE	Livari: Skiadhi
WGS84	35.012026° N, 26.156029° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.012026, 26.156029
LON/LAT	26.156029, 35.012026

DMS

35° 0' 43.2936" N

26° 9' 21.7044" E

W3W	boxer, globes, payment
UTM	35 S, 422997, 3874702
EGSA87	696580, 3876212

Elevation m	1
Elevation feet	3.3
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Cem.   BCH Online, 762    ' ..., an EM−MMI cemetery and tholos tomb at Skiadi (site 37: ... '
2.    Pottery.   BCH Online, 762    ' ... more EM and later pottery was identified and recorded in and around tholos tomb I within the necropolis of site 37 (Skiadi).'
3.    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: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 191, 'Dating: ?EM - MMI.'

2. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 762, ' ...; (2) FNeo−EMII settlement: Kastrokephalaki (38A) with cult place (38B) and cave (burial?) deposit (38C); the necropolis at Skiadi (37) probably built and in use contemporaneously; ... '

3. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 191, 'Dating: ?EM - MMI.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'SOUTH EAST CRETE ARCHAEOLOGICAL LAND SURVEY - 2008', no. 762. 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, '46. Livari, Skiadhi', pg. 190. Online here.