Site details
Hagios Myron
| PK | C5307 |
| TITLE | Hagios Myron |
| WGS84 | 35.231272° N, 25.029101° E |
| Accuracy | Unknown |
| LAT/LON | 35.231272, 25.029101 |
| LON/LAT | 25.029101, 35.231272 |
| DMS | 35° 13' 52.5792" N | , | 25° 1' 44.7636" E |
| W3W | affirm, endorsed, misplace |
| UTM | 35 S, 320648, 3900471 |
| EGSA87 | 593495, 3898887 |
| Elevation m | 461 |
| Elevation feet | 1512.5 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Malevyzion |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb
TYPE
1. Chamber Tomb. Kanta [1980], 15 'An LH chamber tomb was accidentally found in the Hagios Myron village...'2. Seal Stone. Pendlebury [1965], 294 'Seal stones.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Pendlebury [1965]: 294, '...LATE MINOAN DATE...'
2. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 16, 'It seems, therefore, that the tomb was in use in the early part of the LM III A period.'
3. Late Minoan IIIA1: (1420 BC - 1390 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 16, '...this is a typical LM III A 1 motif, ...'
4. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 16, '...the conservative character of much sarcophagi painting could justify a date around the beginning of LM III A 2.'
NOTE
1. Marker placed notionally on the town.
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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., '5. Hagios Myron', pg. 15.
2. Pendlebury [1965]: Pendlebury, John D.. The Archaeology of Crete. Norton, 1965., 'CENTRAL CRETE; Agios Myron', pg. 294.