Site details

Marathokephalo A and B

PK	C6274
TITLE	Marathokephalo A and B
WGS84	35.102472° N, 24.91445° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.102472, 24.91445
LON/LAT	24.91445, 35.102472

DMS

35° 6' 8.8992" N

24° 54' 52.02" E

W3W	zoomed, repaving, timbered
UTM	35 S, 309913, 3886397
EGSA87	583194, 3884501

Elevation m	437
Elevation feet	1433.7
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 II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 171, 'Dating: EMU, EMIII, MMIA.'

2. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 191, 'Dating: EMU, EMIII, MMIA.'

3. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 191, 'Dating: EMU, EMIII, MMIA.'

NOTE

1. Placed notionally on the hill of Marathokephalo (F4704).

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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, '47. Marathokephalo A, 48. Marathokephalo B', pg. 191. Online here.