Site details

Stavros Galias

PK	C5312
TITLE	Stavros Galias
WGS84	35.0774° N, 24.874216° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.0774, 24.874216
LON/LAT	24.874216, 35.0774

DMS

35° 4' 38.64" N

24° 52' 27.1776" E

W3W	inversion, staffed, muffins
UTM	35 S, 306186, 3883693
EGSA87	579551, 3881687

Elevation m	226
Elevation feet	741.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kainourion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Kanta [1980], 89    'Four tombs were found to the east of the village and excavated ... in 1963.'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Langohr [2009], 121    ' ..., a l'est du village de Galia, quatre tombes à chambre ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 89, 'There are two fine III A stirrup jars ...'
    b.    Langohr [2009]: 121, 'Plusieurs poteries sont collectées, dont deux vases à étrier piriformes surbaissés de style MR IIIA ...'

2. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Langohr [2009]: 121, 'On a trouvé aussi une kylix à pied haut décorée de style MR IIIA2 ... '

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 89, 'To the LM III B belongs the stirrup jar no. 16887.'
    b.    Langohr [2009]: 121, ' ... un vase à étrier trapu décoré de rosettes à points de style MR IIIB ..., '

NOTES

1. Placed notionally 'east of the village' as Kanta [1980] 89 has it. Additional reading: AD [1964] 441.

2. 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., '4. Stavros Galias', pg. 89.

2. Langohr [2009]: Langohr, Charlotte. PERIPHEREIA: Étude régionale de la Crète aux Minoen Récent II-IIIB (1450-1200 av. J.-C.) 1 | La Crète centrale et occidentale, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Belgium, 2009., '2.4.6. Galia', pg. 121. Online here.