Site details

Knossos: EIA Chamber Tomb

PK	C5580
TITLE	Knossos: EIA Chamber Tomb
WGS84	35.306441° N, 25.153425° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	35.306441, 25.153425
LON/LAT	25.153425, 35.306441

DMS

35° 18' 23.1876" N

25° 9' 12.33" E

W3W	graver, ambition, standing
UTM	35 S, 332118, 3908591
EGSA87	604712, 3907348

Elevation m	118
Elevation feet	387.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 39    'Early Iron Age (?) Chamber Tomb, exposed by a trench for a water pipe along the path north of the Venizeleion fence, ...'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Catling [1976], 22    '..., the Hon. Mrs V. Hankey in June 1976 investigated a chamber tomb ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Iron Age: (1200 BC - 960 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 39, 'Early Iron Age...'

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 39, '...; Geometric and Roman sherds were recovered...'
    b.    Catling [1976]: 22, '...(apparently of Geometric date)...', 'Roman and Geometric sherds were found in the fill.'

NOTE

1. The Venizeleion is a large hospital.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Catling [1976]: Catling, H.W.. ‘The Knossos Area, 1974-1976’, Archaeological Reports (23), 3-23, 1976-1977., '', pg. 22. 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, '63. EARLY IRON AGE (?) CHAMBER TOMB', pg. 39. Online here.