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Kritinia: Cem

PKC1381
TITLEKritinia: Cem
WGS84 36.27513° N, 27.846567° E
Accuracy 500 m.

LAT/LON 36.27513, 27.846567
LON/LAT 27.846567, 36.27513

DMS 36° 16' 30.468" N,27° 50' 47.6412" E

W3Wprecluded, swelled, outdid
UTM35 S, 576034, 4014797
EGSA87 845405, 4021045

Elevation m79
Elevation feet 259.2
RegionDodecanese
SubregionRhodes





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 196    '...were said to have been found in the vicinity of chamber tombs on the hills to the northeast (i.e., of Kastraki at F2005, rhc), on the east side of the bay.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 196, 'Copious Mycenaean, Geometric, and Classical sherds were said to have been found ...'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 196, 'LH IIIB-C G C H'

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 196, 'LH IIIB-C G C H'

NOTE

1.  Placement is notional. It depends on whether F2005 really is the 'Kastraki' that Simpson is talking about.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Kritinia: Kastraki etc.', pg. 196. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1381 is at 36.28071° N, 27.84167° E, a straight-line distance of 761.3 m.