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Moires: Cem

PK	C5314
TITLE	Moires: Cem
WGS84	35.050402° N, 24.873639° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.050402, 24.873639
LON/LAT	24.873639, 35.050402

DMS

35° 3' 1.4472" N

24° 52' 25.1004" E

W3W	highlighted, online, unbreakable
UTM	35 S, 306070, 3880700
EGSA87	579525, 3878693

Elevation m	79
Elevation feet	259.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kainourion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Kanta [1980], 89    'Several "common" vases and a bronze mirror were found together with the sarcophagi.'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Kanta [1980], 89    'LM III chamber tombs were found and subsequently destroyed ...'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Langohr [2009], 121    'Des tombes à chambre ont été découvertes au village de Mires, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 89, 'LM III chamber tombs...'

2. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 89, 'The sarcophagus with the argonauts, Heraklion Museum 1339, is probably LM III A 2 in date.'
    b.    Langohr [2009]: 121, ' ..., dont le style correspond à la phase MR IIIA2.'

NOTES

1. Site contributed by Professor Sarah Murray, University of Toronto, Canada.

2. These chamber tombs were subsequently destroyed. Neither Kanta [1980] nor Langohr [2009] give any more precise locational information.

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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., '3. Moires', 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., '2.4.5. Mires; Tombes', pg. 121. Online here.