Site details

Siderospilia

PK	C5127
TITLE	Siderospilia
WGS84	35.172165° N, 24.999365° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.172165, 24.999365
LON/LAT	24.999365, 35.172165

DMS

35° 10' 19.794" N

24° 59' 57.714" E

W3W	clustering, festers, automatically
UTM	35 S, 317809, 3893968
EGSA87	590855, 3892304

Elevation m	630
Elevation feet	2066.9
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pyrgiotissa

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Nowicki [2000], 181    '..., an extensive cemetery (680 tombs) was identified and explored ...'
2.    Cem.   Michaud [1971, 1055    'La nécropole repérée lors de la première campagne au lieu-dit "Sidérospilia" a été fouillée en 1970.'
3.    Cem.   Eaby [2007], 104    'An extensive necropolis (~140 x 100 m) exists on the southeast slope of Siderospilia Hill, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 181, 'The graves here date to the period from the thirteenth to the sixth century B.C.'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 104, 'From the first phase of use (LM IIIC - SM) come a few simple cremations, ...'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Michaud [1971: 1056, 'Elles étaient utilisées pour l'inhumation et datent de l'époque protogéométrique.'

3. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 104, 'From the first phase of use (LM IIIC - SM) come a few simple cremations, ...'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 105, 'The second phase (SM to PGB) consisted of tholoi ... with inhumations, ...'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 181, 'The graves here date to the period from the thirteenth to the sixth century B.C.'
    b.    Michaud [1971: 1055, 'La nécropole à incinération est la plus récente; elle a été utilisée à l'époque géométrique ...'

5. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 181, 'The graves here date to the period from the thirteenth to the sixth century B.C.'

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., '66. Prinias', pg. 104. Online here.

2. Michaud [1971: Michaud, Jean-Pierre. ‘Chronique des Fouilles en 1970’, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique (95) 703-1067, [1971], 'Prinias', pg. 1055. Online here.

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., '80. Prinias Patela', pg. 180.