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Knossos: Four Minoan Tombs

PKC5589
TITLEKnossos: Four Minoan Tombs
WGS84 35.293626° N, 25.167111° E
Accuracy 10 m.

LAT/LON 35.293626, 25.167111
LON/LAT 25.167111, 35.293626

DMS 35° 17' 37.0536" N,25° 10' 1.5996" E

W3Wpredict, unity, gangs
UTM35 S, 333336, 3907146
EGSA87 605973, 3905942

Elevation m117
Elevation feet 383.9
RegionCrete
SubregionTemenos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 55    '... with burials of Late Minoan II - III ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 55, '... with burials of Late Minoan II - III about 50 metres north of 277, ...'

2. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 55, '... with burials of Late Minoan II - III about 50 metres north of 277, ...'

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, '278. Group of four LATE MINOAN TOMBS', pg. 55. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5589 is at 35.33306° N, 25.19335° E, a straight-line distance of 4 km and 979 m.