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Foinikia Kefala

PKC4069
TITLEFoinikia Kefala
WGS84 35.280159° N, 25.105487° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 35.280159, 25.105487
LON/LAT 25.105487, 35.280159

DMS 35° 16' 48.5724" N,25° 6' 19.7532" E

W3Wswelled, toddling, monkfish
UTM35 S, 327703, 3905758
EGSA87 600386, 3904384

Elevation m61
Elevation feet 200.1
RegionCrete
SubregionTemenos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Kanta [1980], 24    'A chamber tomb was discovered in 1937 and excavated by Ch. Petrou ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 25, '...its presence in a closed III B group suggests that it could be dated to a III A 2 / B transitional phase.'

2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 25, 'The group also contained a great number of sherds, all III B.', 'The motifs of the vases range within the usual LM III B repertory: ...'

NOTE

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

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  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., '1. Foinikia', pg. 24.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C4069 is at 35.3383° N, 25.10284° E, a straight-line distance of 6 km and 456 m.