Site details

Armeni: Tholos

PK	C1710
TITLE	Armeni: Tholos
WGS84	35.317176° N, 24.462743° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.317176, 24.462743
LON/LAT	24.462743, 35.317176

DMS

35° 19' 1.8336" N

24° 27' 45.8748" E

W3W	observation, scarcer, flinch
UTM	35 S, 269343, 3911171
EGSA87	541914, 3908027

Elevation m	365
Elevation feet	1197.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Rethymnon

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Papathanassiou et al. [1992], 43    'Near the village, on a low eminence just west of Mt Vrysinas, is a very remarkable Late Minoan cemetery, with numerous tombs cut deep in the 'kouskouras' limestone bedrock.'
2.    Tholos.   Pelon [1998], 135    '...une seule tombe à tholos; ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Papathanassiou et al. [1992]: 43, '...the Late Minoan II - IIIB Period (1450 - 1190 B.C.).'
    b.    Pelon [1998]: 135, '..., une nécropole du MR II-IIIB, ...'

2. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1998]: 135, 'Datation : MR IIIA'
    b.    Papathanassiou et al. [1992]: 43, '...the Late Minoan II - IIIB Period (1450 - 1190 B.C.).'
    c.    Pelon [1998]: 135, '..., une nécropole du MR II-IIIB, ...'

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Papathanassiou et al. [1992]: 43, '...the Late Minoan II - IIIB Period (1450 - 1190 B.C.).'
    b.    Pelon [1998]: 135, '..., une nécropole du MR II-IIIB, ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Papathanassiou et al. [1992]: Papathanassiou, Maria and Michael Hoskin, Helen Papadopoulou. ‘Orientations of Tombs in the Late-Minoan Cemetery at Armenoi, Crete’, Journal for the History of Astronomy(xxiii), pp. S43 - S55, 1992, 'The Cemetery at Armenoi', pg. 43. Online here.

2. Pelon [1998]: Pelon, Olivier. ‘Les tombes circulaires dans l'Égée de l'âge du Bronze : état des recherches sur les tombes à Tholos’, Topoi (8:1), pp. 95-158. [1998]., 'Rethymno: Armeni', pg. 135. Online here.