Site details

Knossos: EIA Cemetery Area

PK	C5579
TITLE	Knossos: EIA Cemetery Area
WGS84	35.306522° N, 25.152824° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.306522, 25.152824
LON/LAT	25.152824, 35.306522

DMS

35° 18' 23.4792" N

25° 9' 10.1664" E

W3W	spooked, voting, riot
UTM	35 S, 332063, 3908601
EGSA87	604657, 3907357

Elevation m	117
Elevation feet	383.9
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 39    '...for traces of graves ranging from Early Iron Age to Roman exposed by deep ploughing ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 39, '...fragments of a fine L. M. III painted larnax were recovered...'

2. Early Iron Age: (1200 BC - 960 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 39, '... with Early Iron Age burials accompanied by vases ranging from Protogeometric ... '

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 39, '... with Early Iron Age burials accompanied by vases ranging from Protogeometric ... '

4. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 39, 'Some 10 Subminoan tombs were excavated, ...'

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 39, '... with Early Iron Age burials accompanied by vases ranging from Protogeometric ... '

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, '62. SUBMINOAN, EARLY IRON AGE, HELLENISTIC and ROMAN CEMETERY AREA', pg. 39. Online here.