Site details

Rethimno: Cem

PK	C5622
TITLE	Rethimno: Cem
WGS84	35.362947° N, 24.474802° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.362947, 24.474802
LON/LAT	24.474802, 35.362947

DMS

35° 21' 46.6092" N

24° 28' 29.2872" E

W3W	rejected, wonderfully, downhill
UTM	35 S, 270569, 3916221
EGSA87	542986, 3913108

Elevation m	43
Elevation feet	141.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Rethymnon

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Hood et al. [1964], 60    '...chamber tombs have been found in the suburb of Mastaba ... on the lower north slopes of the hill about five minutes walk from the main square of the modern town to the south-east.'
2.    Tomb.   Kanta [1980], 211    'A tomb was found at this suburb of the town of Rethymnon in 1947.'
3.    Tomb.   BCH [1947], 441    'En 1947, une tombe ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 211, 'An LM II flask, possibly from a tomb, has been found at the suburb of either Mastampas or Vomvoplykti which are adjacent to each other ...'

2. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 60, 'L.M. III chamber tombs have been found ...', 'Another group of tombs has since come to light about 100 m. to the west.'
    b.    BCH [1947]: 441, '..., une tombe du MR III a été découverte dans un faubourg de Rethymno (Mastaba). Bien que la tombe fût pauvre en offrandes (cratère décoré d'un poulpe, vases à étrier) et ne contint pas de sarcophage, ...'

3. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 211, 'The first is an LM III A straight-sided pyxis with a domed lid, ...'

4. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 211, '..., and the second is an LM III B amphoroid krater with a panelled decoration.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1947]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 71, 1947., '', pg. 441. Online here.

2. Hood et al. [1964]: Hood, Sinclair and Peter Warren, Gerald Cadogan . ‘Travels in Crete, 1962’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (59), pp. 50-99, 1964., '8. Rethimno (ancient Rithymna)', pg. 60. Online here.

3. Kanta [1980]: Kanta, Athanasia. The Late Minoan III Period in Crete; A Survey of Sites, Pottery and their Distribution. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg. Sweden. 1980., '1. Mastampas Rethymnon', pg. 211.