Site details

Megaloi Skinoi A and B

PK	C6276
TITLE	Megaloi Skinoi A and B
WGS84	34.957825° N, 24.804648° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	34.957825, 24.804648
LON/LAT	24.804648, 34.957825

DMS

34° 57' 28.17" N

24° 48' 16.7328" E

W3W	steely, circuits, sting
UTM	35 S, 299551, 3870567
EGSA87	573315, 3868373

Elevation m	219
Elevation feet	718.5
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 I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 191, 'Dating: EMI - MMI (Re-use in LM).'

2. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 191, 'Dating: EMI - MMI (Re-use in LM).'

3. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 191, 'Dating: EMI - MMI (Re-use in LM).'

4. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 191, 'Dating: EMI - MMI (Re-use in LM).'

5. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 191, 'Dating: EMI - MMI (Re-use in LM).'

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, '49. Megaloi Skinoi A and 50. Megaloi Skinoi B', pg. 191. Online here.