PKey Report
      
PKC1700
TITLEPlatyskinou: Cem
WGS84 35.161942° N, 26.074445° E
Accuracy 10 m.

LAT/LON 35.161942, 26.074445
LON/LAT 26.074445, 35.161942

DMS 35° 9' 42.9912" N,26° 4' 28.002" E

W3Wfortnight, snowing, predicament
UTM35 S, 415707, 3891394
EGSA87 688789, 3892683

Elevation m252
Elevation feet 826.8
RegionCrete
SubregionSiteia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Kanta [1980], 178    'A tholos tomb was excavated here by Professor Platon ...'

2.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 260    '...une tombe à tholos,...'

3.    Tholos.   Eaby [2007], 63    '..., Platon excavated a large, looted LM III tholos tomb built of cyclopean masonry, ...'



PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)

    a.    Kanta [1980]: 178 'It seems likely, ..., that one phase in which the tomb was used was the LM III A 2 / LM III B.'

    b.    Eaby [2007]: 63 'Kanta considers the tomb only to have had one phase of use, LM IIIA2-B, ...'

2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)

    a.    Pelon [1976]: 261 'La tholos, qui contenait trois sarcophages de terre cuit décorés de symboles sacrés; est datée du MR IIIB.'

    b.    Kanta [1980]: 178 'It seems likely, ..., that one phase in which the tomb was used was the LM III A 2 / LM III B.'

    c.    Eaby [2007]: 63 'Kanta considers the tomb only to have had one phase of use, LM IIIA2-B, ...'

3. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)

    a.    Eaby [2007]: 63 '..., while Pini dated the tomb to LM IIIB-SM.'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)

    a.    Eaby [2007]: 63 'Tsipopoulou and Vagnetti ... did identify an LG oinochoe and cup.'


BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Eaby [2007]:  Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., '28. Achladia', pg. 63. Online here.

2.  Kanta [1980]:  Kanta, Athanasia. The Late Minoan III Period in Crete; A Survey of Sites, Pottery and their Distribution. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg. Sweden. 1980., '11. Akladhia', pg. 178.

3.  Pelon [1976]:  Pelon, Olivier. Tholoi, tumuli et cercles funéraires; Recherches sur les monuments funéraires de plan circulaire dan l'Égée de l’Âge du Bronze (IIIe at IIe millénaires av. J.-C). Bibliothèques de l'École française d'Athènes et de Rome - Série Athènes, 229. 1976., '56. Achladia', pg. 260. '...une tombe à tholos, près du village d'Achladia (Sitias); au lieu-dit Platyskinos...'
Online here.