| PK | C7390 |
| TITLE | Azoria: Building 3700 Tholos Tomb |
| WGS84 | 35.117508° N, 25.866399° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.117508, 25.866399 |
| LON/LAT | 25.866399, 35.117508 |
| DMS | 35° 7' 3.0288" N | , | 25° 51' 59.0364" E |
| W3W | dropped, sustained, cattle |
| UTM | 35 S, 396702.83, 3886662.26 |
| EGSA87 | 669930, 3887379 |
| Elevation m | 343 |
| Elevation feet | 1125.3 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Ierapetra |
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Eaby [2007], 52 ' ... five small vases, two conical stone beads, and a bronze ring.'
2. Pottery. BCH Online, 184 ' ..., et un mobilier essentiellement céramique (MR IIIC-G).'
3. Tholos. BCH Online, 184 'Un drain longeant la partie Est de la pièce passait au-dessus du stomion d'une tombe à tholos intacte ... '
4. Tholos. Eaby [2007], 52 'Excavation in 2006 revealed a single, small (1.42 x 0.90 m) LM IIIC/SM-PG tholos tomb with an ellipsoidal chamber ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
a. BCH Online: 184 ' ... du début de l'Âge du Fer.'
2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
a. BCH Online: 184 ' ... un mobilier essentiellement céramique (MR IIIC-G).'
b. Eaby [2007]: 52 ' ... LM IIIC/SM-PG tholos tomb ... ', 'This tomb was probably associated with the LM IIIC settlement located further up the (Azoria) hill; ... '
3. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
a. Eaby [2007]: 52 ' ... LM IIIC/SM-PG tholos tomb ... '
4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. BCH Online: 184 ' ... un mobilier essentiellement céramique (MR IIIC-G).'
1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Azoria - 2006: Terrasses inférieures Sud-Ouest.', no. 184.
Online here.
2. 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., 'B. Azoria - ', pg. 52.
Online here.