Site details

Skotomenou o Kharakas B

PK	C6292
TITLE	Skotomenou o Kharakas B
WGS84	34.973323° N, 24.834003° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	34.973323, 24.834003
LON/LAT	24.834003, 34.973323

DMS

34° 58' 23.9628" N

24° 50' 2.4108" E

W3W	country, ailing, beaming
UTM	35 S, 302269, 3872228
EGSA87	575981, 3870113

Elevation m	302
Elevation feet	990.8
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: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 196, 'Dating: EM - ?MMI.'

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

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, '66. Skotomenou o Kharakas B', pg. 195. Online here.