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Knossos: LM III Chamber Tombs (1 & 2)

PK	C5570
TITLE	Knossos: LM III Chamber Tombs (1 & 2)
WGS84	35.309465° N, 25.166738° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	35.309465, 25.166738
LON/LAT	25.166738, 35.309465

DMS

35° 18' 34.074" N

25° 10' 0.2568" E

W3W	expose, soothing, police
UTM	35 S, 333335, 3908904
EGSA87	605918, 3907698

Elevation m	68
Elevation feet	223.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 36    '...Chamber Tombs...'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   AR[1957], 24    Clearly chamber tombs. The authors say 'Two large Late Minoan tombs...' and of the first tomb: 'The chamber, approached by a dromos with six steps in it, was rectangular ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 36, 'Late Minoan III...'

2. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 36, '...with burials assigned to L. M. III A 2 ...'
    b.    AR[1957]: 24, '...a fair number of objects were recovered and may be assigned to Late Minoan IIIA 2 or IIIB.'

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 36, '... - III B, ...'
    b.    AR[1957]: 24, '...a fair number of objects were recovered and may be assigned to Late Minoan IIIA 2 or IIIB.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1957]: Archaeological Reports. The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (4) 1957., 'Sellopoulo', pg. 24. Online here.

2. 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, '28. LATE MINOAN III CHAMBER TOMBS (SELLOPOULO TOMBS 1 AND 2)', pg. 36. Online here.