Tylisos
| PK | C5305 |
| TITLE | Tylisos |
| WGS84 | 35.29844° N, 25.020236° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.29844, 25.020236 |
| LON/LAT | 25.020236, 35.29844 |
| DMS | 35° 17' 54.384" N | , | 25° 1' 12.8496" E |
| W3W | refuge, contorts, correlations |
| UTM | 35 S, 319990, 3907937 |
| EGSA87 | 592612, 3906328 |
| Elevation m | 193 |
| Elevation feet | 633.2 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Malevyzion |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Chamber Tomb. Eaby [2007], 109 '..., an LM IIIB and C chamber tomb, ...., was also excavated in 1913 somewhere to the west of the Minoan villa.'2. hab. Kanta [1980], 9 'Tylisos is one of the more important sites for Minoan archaeology from the point of view of finds, architecture and history.'
3. Settlement. Myers et al. [1992], 272 'The prosperous and long-lived Minoan settlement at Tylissos ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
a. Myers et al. [1992]: 274, 'EM II - MM II Scantry traces of houses in deeper levels ... '
2. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Myers et al. [1992]: 274, 'MM III - LM I Three large houses ... '
3. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Myers et al. [1992]: 274, 'MM III - LM I Three large houses ... '
4. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
a. Myers et al. [1992]: 274, 'LM IIIA - LM IIIB Traces of considerable settlement; remains of megaron, ... '
5. Late Minoan IIIA1: (1420 BC - 1390 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 13, '...occupation of Tylisos seems to have started in LM III A 1, ...'
6. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 13, '..., to have continued through LM III B, LM III C, ...'
b. Eaby [2007]: 109, '..., an LM IIIB and C chamber tomb, ,,,'
c. Myers et al. [1992]: 274, 'LM IIIA - LM IIIB Traces of considerable settlement; remains of megaron, ... '
7. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 13, '...during the LM III C there was an important settlement at Tylisos, ...'
b. Eaby [2007]: 109, '..., an LM IIIB and C chamber tomb, ,,,'
8. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 13, '...and into the beginning of the Protogeometric.'
b. Myers et al. [1992]: 274, '(PG Cremation burial, southwest edge of modern village.)'
9. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 13, '..., Subminoan ...'
b. Myers et al. [1992]: 274, 'LM IIIA - LM IIIB (and into SM?) Traces of considerable settlement; remains of megaron, ... '
10. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Eaby [2007]: 109, 'Scattered remains of Geometric pottery have been found at various locations above the LM IIIC villas/houses at Tylissos, ...'
NOTE
1. For more see Athanasia Kanta, 'Tylissos towards the end of the Bronze Age ... ' in Rizza [2011] 1-22.
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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., '68. Tylissos; C. Tylissos', pg. 109.
Online here.
2. Kanta [2011]: Kanta, Athanasia. ‘Tylissos towards the end of the Bronze Age, during theDark Ages and beyond; A re-evaluation of a Minoan and Greek civic and religious centre from the archaeological evidence’, In Rizza [2011], pp. 1-22., '', Online here.
3. 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. Tylisos', pg. 9.
4. 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., '40 Tylissos', pg. 272.
5. Rizza [2011]: Rizza, G.. Identita culturale, etnicita, processi di trasformazione a Creta fra Dark Age e Arcaismo; Per I cento anni dello scavo di Prinias 1906-2006. Convegno di Studi , Atene, 9-12 novembre 2006, SMAG 10, Catane. 2011., '',