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PKC5732
TITLENea Roumata: Khosti
WGS84 35.397255° N, 23.853557° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 35.397255, 23.853557
LON/LAT 23.853557, 35.397255

DMS 35° 23' 50.118" N,23° 51' 12.8052" E

W3Wcopied, grumpy, loonies
UTM34 S, 759163, 3920839
EGSA87 486553, 3916820

Elevation m324
Elevation feet 1063
RegionCrete
SubregionKydhonia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Faure [1965], 58    '... découvertes M R III B de Khosti près de Nea Roumata (Kydonias)...'

2.    Pottery.   BCH [1989], 693    ' ..., un grand vase conique de 0,90 m de diamètre ... ', ' ... et une jatte intacte avec traces de polissage.'

3.    Pottery.   Kanta [1980], 230    'A stirrup jar was accidentally discovered at the Khosti location.'

4.    Pottery.   BCH [1962], 904    'Des vases MR IIIB ont été fortuitement trouvés: ... b) au village du Khosti, au lieu-dit Néa Roumata, ...'

5.    Pottery.   Hood [1965], 108    'L.M. IIIB stirrup-jar found at Nea Roumata ...'



PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)

    a.    BCH [1989]: 693 ' ..., dans l'habitat MA de Mitatoulia (v. BCH 105 [1981] Chron., p. 884).'

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

    a.    Kanta [1980]: 230 'The vase should be dated to the end of LM III B or more probably to the beginning of LM III C.'

    b.    Faure [1965]: 58 '... découvertes M R III B ...'

    c.    BCH [1962]: 904 'Des vases MR IIIB ...'

    d.    Hood [1965]: 108 'L.M. IIIB stirrup-jar ...'

3. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)

    a.    Kanta [1980]: 230 'The vase should be dated to the end of LM III B or more probably to the beginning of LM III C.'


NOTES

1.  And see Arch. Delt., 1961/2, 299 and pl. 358 b.

2.  The Khosti location near Nea Roumata is not known to me but it is not to be confused with the EM I tholos-type tomb found outside the town.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  BCH [1989]:  Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 113, 1989., 'Néa Roumata', pg. 693. Online here.

2.  BCH [1962]:  Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 86, 1962., '', pg. 904. Online here.

3.  Faure [1965]:  Faure, Paul. ‘Recherches sur le peuplement des montagnes de Crète : sites, cavernes et cultes’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (89:1), pp. 27-63, 1965., '', pg. 58. Online here.

4.  Hood [1965]:  Hood, M.S.F.. ‘Minoan Sites in the Far West of Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (60), pp. 99-113, 1965., 'C. 8. Nea Roumata', pg. 108. Online here.

5.  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., '7. Nea Roumata', pg. 230.