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Knossos: LM III Chamber Tombs (3 & 4)
| PK | C5571 |
| TITLE | Knossos: LM III Chamber Tombs (3 & 4) |
| WGS84 | 35.309392° N, 25.167657° E |
| Accuracy | 10 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.309392, 25.167657 |
| LON/LAT | 25.167657, 35.309392 |
| DMS | 35° 18' 33.8112" N | , | 25° 10' 3.5652" E |
| W3W | groups, flow, churn |
| UTM | 35 S, 333418, 3908894 |
| EGSA87 | 606002, 3907691 |
| Elevation m | 87 |
| Elevation feet | 285.4 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Temenos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb
TYPE
1. Chamber Tomb. Hood and Smyth [1981], 36 '...CHAMBER TOMBS...'2. Chamber Tomb. AR[1968], 33 'Nearby, a second chamber tomb was found; ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
a. AR[1968]: 33, 'The vases were mostly plain and of LM II-IIIA 1 types.'
2. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
a. Hood and Smyth [1981]: 36, '..., with burials assigned to early L. M. III A, ...'
3. Late Minoan IIIA1: (1420 BC - 1390 BC)
a. AR[1968]: 33, '...a few bronzes and some LM IIIA 1 vases were recovered.'. '...with a scarab attributable by its cartouche to Amenophis III (c. 1417-1379)...'
b. AR[1968]: 33, 'The vases were mostly plain and of LM II-IIIA 1 types.'
4. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
a. AR[1968]: 33, '...and the other a high-spouted jar of Mycenaean IIIA 1 manufacture...'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AR[1968]: Archaeological Reports. The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (15) 1968-1969., '', pg. 33.
At the words 'Nearby, a second chamber tomb was found; it was robbed ...'
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, ''29. LATE MINOAN III CHAMBER TOMBS (SELLOPOULO TOMBS 3 AND 4)'', pg. 36.
Online here.