Site details

South Coast 8A

PK	C6288
TITLE	South Coast 8A
WGS84	34.940447° N, 24.820724° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	34.940447, 24.820724
LON/LAT	24.820724, 34.940447

DMS

34° 56' 25.6092" N

24° 49' 14.6064" E

W3W	stone, mimosas, anchorman
UTM	35 S, 300977, 3868607
EGSA87	574799, 3866458

Elevation m	74
Elevation feet	242.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kainourion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Blackman and Branigan [1975], 26    ' ... two small EM tholoi.'
2.    Tomb.   Goodison and Guarita [2005], 196    '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.    Blackman and Branigan [1975]: 26, ' ..., were two small EM tholoi.'

2. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 196, 'Dating: ?EMI-?MMI.'

3. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 196, 'Dating: ?EMI-?MMI.'

4. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 196, 'Dating: ?EMI-?MMI.'

5. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 196, 'Dating: ?EMI-?MMI.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Blackman and Branigan [1975]: Blackman, D.J. and K. Branigan. ‘An Archaeological Survey on the South Coast of Crete, between the Ayiofarango and Chrisostomos’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (70), 17-36. 1975., 'SC8 (M)', pg. 26. 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, '69. South Coast 8 A', pg. 196. Online here.