Site details

Piyi/Pigi: LMIII Tomb

PK	C5631
TITLE	Piyi∕Pigi: LMIII Tomb
WGS84	35.369091° N, 24.578006° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	35.369091, 24.578006
LON/LAT	24.578006, 35.369091

DMS

35° 22' 8.7276" N

24° 34' 40.8216" E

W3W	slick, merry, unlit
UTM	35 S, 279964, 3916668
EGSA87	552358, 3913840

Elevation m	84
Elevation feet	275.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Rethymnon

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH Online, 1828    'E. Kapranos (KE' EPKA) reports on the excavation of an unplundered Minoan chamber tomb of typical type...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1828, 'There are several such LMIII tombs in this region (Fig. 8).'

2. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1828, A kalathos, thymaterion, alabastron, amphora, etc. 'They date to LMIIIA2, ...'

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1828, '..., perhaps tending to LMIIIB.'

NOTE

1. For more see AEK 1 (2010), 476-89

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Pigi', no. 1828. Online here. Online here.