Site details
Chamaizi: Fatsi
| PK | C5091 |
| TITLE | Chamaizi: Fatsi |
| WGS84 | 35.208235° N, 26.02644° E |
| Accuracy | 100 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.208235, 26.02644 |
| LON/LAT | 26.02644, 35.208235 |
| DMS | 35° 12' 29.646" N | , | 26° 1' 35.184" E |
| W3W | sealed, explode, scarcer |
| UTM | 35 S, 411385, 3896570 |
| EGSA87 | 684311, 3897728 |
| Elevation m | 343 |
| Elevation feet | 1125.3 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Siteia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos
TYPE
1. Cem. Eaby [2007], 91 'In 1972, Davaras excavated a series of five small, robbed and destroyed tholoi with square chambers ...'2. Tholos. Nowicki [2000], 102 'In the location of Chamaizi Fatsi ..., a group of five SM-PG tholos tombs was found by the locals.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 102, '...a group of five SM-PG tholos tombs.'
2. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 102, '...a group of five SM-PG tholos tombs.'
3. Early Protogeometric: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
a. Eaby [2007]: 91, '..., and the only remaining finds were four vases and an iron knife, datable to EPG.'
NOTES
1. More vases have been found in this area. Putatively they come from tholos tombs but their exact find spot is not known. It is possible that they should be assimilated to the Fatsi site. For more see Nowicki [2000] p. 102 at the paragraph 'A number of pots, including stirrup jars, tripod, pyxidoi, oinochoai and a Geometric krater, have been recorded as coming from Liopetro, ...' See also Kanta [1980] p. 176, '8. Khamaizi' where she says 'In the Hagios Nikolaos Museum are several vases from the Liopetro location of the village of Khamaizi. These vases appear to have come from small built tholos tombs since they resemble the material recently discovered in such tombs at the same location. ...'
2. For location see the sketch map in Nowicki [2000] 102, fig 44. where Phatsi appears as no. 2. Phatsi is also mentioned in the text at that place. Also see notes for C5892.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. 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., '51. Skopi', pg. 91.
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., '8. Khamaizi', pg. 176.
3. Nowicki [2000]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Defensible Sites in Crete; c. 1200 - 800 B.C. (LM IIIB/IIIC through Early Geometric). Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 21., '34. Chamaizi Liopetro/Liopetra', pg. 101.