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Knossos: North Pillar Crypt (Hall)

PKC5560
TITLEKnossos: North Pillar Crypt (Hall)
WGS84 35.29884° N, 25.163343° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.29884, 25.163343
LON/LAT 25.163343, 35.29884

DMS 35° 17' 55.824" N,25° 9' 48.0348" E

W3Wcuff, stunning, formed
UTM35 S, 333004, 3907731
EGSA87 605624, 3906516

Elevation m94
Elevation feet 308.4
RegionCrete
SubregionTemenos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Building

TYPE

1.    Building.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 52    'Built in M. M. III with some evidence of use into L. M. III. '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 52, 'Built in M. M. III with some evidence of use into L. M. III.'

2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 52, 'Built in M. M. III with some evidence of use into L. M. III.'

3. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 52, 'Built in M. M. III with some evidence of use into L. M. III.'

4. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 52, 'Built in M. M. III with some evidence of use into L. M. III.'

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, '222. NORTH PILLAR CRYPT (HALL)', pg. 52. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5560 is at 35.33389° N, 25.19144° E, a straight-line distance of 4 km and 648 m.