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Knossos: PG Chamber Tomb

PKC5544
TITLEKnossos: PG Chamber Tomb
WGS84 35.315298° N, 25.158403° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.315298, 25.158403
LON/LAT 25.158403, 35.315298

DMS 35° 18' 55.0728" N,25° 9' 30.2508" E

W3Wverge, talent, mainland
UTM35 S, 332589, 3909565
EGSA87 605153, 3908336

Elevation m101
Elevation feet 331.4
RegionCrete
SubregionTemenos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 35    '...CHAMBER TOMB with a single Middle PG burial, ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 35, 'The tomb was almost certainly a Late Minoan III one re-used.'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 35, '...Middle PG burial, ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Hood and Smyth [1981]:  Hood, Sinclair and David Smyth. ‘Archaeological Survey of the Knossos Area’, The British School at Athens. Supplementary Volumes, No. 14, Archaeological Survey of the Knossos Area, pp. i-x & 1-69, 1981, '10. PROTOGEOMETRIC CHAMBER TOMB', pg. 35. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5544 is at 35.34232° N, 25.1461° E, a straight-line distance of 3 km and 199 m.