Site details

Olous: Stous Traphous

PK	C4014
TITLE	Olous: Stous Traphous
WGS84	35.254575° N, 25.732038° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	35.254575, 25.732038
LON/LAT	25.732038, 35.254575

DMS

35° 15' 16.47" N

25° 43' 55.3368" E

W3W	archery, twiddle, fracture
UTM	35 S, 384653, 3902012
EGSA87	657420, 3902361

Elevation m	2
Elevation feet	6.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Mirabello

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Langohr [2009], 87    'Tombes'
2.    Cem.   Kanta [1980], 129    ' ... prehistoric cemeteries of the gulf of Mirabello, ...'
3.    Cem.   BCH [1937], 474    ' ... tombes à larnakes et à pithoi de la fin du Mycénien, près de 200 vases entiers, ... '
4.    Cem.   Van Effenterre [1948], 7    'La fouille y mit au jour plus de cinquante tombes (pl IV), larnakes ou pithoi enterrés dans l'intervalle des rochers sans aucune régularité.'
5.    Cem.   Kanta [2001], 59    'The French School of Archaeology with Professor H. van Effenterre excavated a Minoan cemetery in 1937 at Elounda, ancient Olour, in East Crete, ... '
6.    hab.   Myers et al. [1992], 216    '...and other traces of occupation, from Early Minoan II to late in Roman times, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 216, 'EM II chance finds; ...'

2. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 216, '...MM III settlement; ...', 'Poor settlement at Mavrikyano on west beach of north harbor, now covered.'

3. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 216, '...; LM III cemetery; ...'

4. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 129, '... much if not all of the material from the pithos burials containing cremations must be attributed to the late LM III A period.'

5. Late Minoan IIIA1: (1420 BC - 1390 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 216, 'LM IIIA1-IIIC Cemeteries on promontories south of Poros isthmus, ...'
    b.    Langohr [2009]: 87, ' ...: la tombe 17 avec treize vases dont un alabastron et une cruche piriforme à bec incliné qui correspondent à la phase MR IIIA1).'
    c.    Kanta [1980]: 129, '...; and yet it is evident from the photographs that part of the pottery dates from as early as the LM III A 1.'
    d.    Kanta [1980]: 129, 'The earliest pottery from the cemetery, LM III A 1 in date, ...'
    e.    Kanta [2001]: 59, ' ... revised the chronology of the cemetery from the Subminoan to LM III A1 - IIIB ... '

6. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Langohr [2009]: 87, ' ..., et dans un seul cas, cinq vases de style MR IIIA2 ...'
    b.    Langohr [2009]: 88, 'Le cimetière d'Olous représente l'exemple le plus ancien de la coutume de l'incinération en Crète, au MR IIIA2..'
    c.    Kanta [1980]: 131, 'The closest mainland parallels to the Olous examples are III A 2 in date ...'

7. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Kanta [2001]: 59, ' ... revised the chronology ... of the cremations from LM III A 2 - III B.'

8. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 216, 'LM IIIA1-IIIC Cemeteries on promontories south of Poros isthmus, ...'
    b.    Langohr [2009]: 87, ' ...; le matériel céramique illustré de cette tombe correspond à la phase MR IIIB ... '
    c.    Kanta [1980]: 131, 'The LM III B period is also represented at Olous.'
    d.    Van Effenterre [1948]: 12, 'C'est au Minoen Récent III B, ou, ... '
    e.    Kanta [2001]: 59, ' ... revised the chronology of the cemetery from the Subminoan to LM III A1 - IIIB ... '

9. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 216, 'LM IIIA1-IIIC Cemeteries on promontories south of Poros isthmus, ...'

10. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    BCH [1937]: 474, ?? or LH IIIB: ' ... de la fin du Mycénien, ... '

11. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Van Effenterre [1948]: 12, ' ..., si l'on préfère, au Submycénien, ... '

12. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 216, '...; G temple; ...', 'Ruined temple with square hearth ...' (p. 218)

NOTES

1. Site contributed by Professor Sarah Murray, University of Toronto, Canada

2. Dr. Kanta discusses her redating of van Effenterre in Kanta [2001] passim. There is a map of the distribution of the depositions in Kanta [2001] 60, Fig. 1.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1937]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 61, 1937., 'Olonte.', pg. 473. 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., '3. Olous', pg. 129.

3. Kanta [2001]: Kanta, Athanasia. ‘The Cremations of Olous and the Custom of Cremation in Bronze Age Crete’, In Stampolides [2001] 59-67, '', pg. 59. Online here.

4. Langohr [2009]: Langohr, Charlotte. PERIPHEREIA: Étude régionale de la Crète aux Minoen Récent II-IIIB (1450-1200 av. J.-C.) 1 | La Crète centrale et occidentale, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Belgium, 2009., '2.3.1. Olous', pg. 87. Online here.

5. Myers et al. [1992]: Myers, J. Wilson and Eleanor Emlen Myers, Gerald Cadogan. The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles. United States of America. 1992., '31 Olous', pg. 216.

6. Stampolides [1999]: Stampolides, N.C.. Cremation in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages. A conference held on Rhodes from April 29 through May 2, 1999. Published Athens 2001., '',

7. Van Effenterre [1948]: Van Effenterre, Henri. Nécropoles du Mirabello. Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris. 1948., 'La Nécropole d'Olonte', pg. 7.