Site details
Ta Mnemata
| PK | C5659 |
| TITLE | Ta Mnemata |
| WGS84 | 35.214668° N, 25.468487° E |
| Accuracy | 20 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.214668, 25.468487 |
| LON/LAT | 25.468487, 35.214668 |
| DMS | 35° 12' 52.8048" N | , | 25° 28' 6.5532" E |
| W3W | squad, members, tenable |
| UTM | 35 S, 360607, 3897924 |
| EGSA87 | 633507, 3897548 |
| Elevation m | 1028 |
| Elevation feet | 3372.7 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Lasithi |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Tomb. Nowicki [2000], 163 'The tombs were of the tholos type, square or slightly rectangular in plan, ...'PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 163, This was the cemetery of the LM III Karfi community.
2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 164, '...the occupation (of Karphi, RHC) started at least in the very early phase of LM IIIC and ended before the beginning of Protogeometric, although limited evidence of this latter phase is present in some tombs ...'
NOTE
1. See Nowicki [2000] 163-4 for a description of these extensive cemeteries.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Nowicki [2000]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Defensible Sites in Crete; c. 1200 - 800 B.C. (LM IIIB/IIIC through Early Geometric). Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 21., '', pg. 163.