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Vrokastro: Karakovilia: VK 2

PKC5669
TITLEVrokastro: Karakovilia: VK 2
WGS84 35.118367° N, 25.7456° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.118367, 25.7456
LON/LAT 25.7456, 35.118367

DMS 35° 7' 6.1212" N,25° 44' 44.16" E

W3Wambles, recite, compositions
UTM35 S, 385696, 3886890
EGSA87 658919, 3887275

Elevation m265
Elevation feet 869.4
RegionCrete
SubregionIerapetra





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Hayden et al. [1992], 348    'Area of ossuaries, built tombs, and possibly house walls ...'
2.    Tholos.   Eaby [2007], 42    'On the ridge just south (~200 m) of the summit were found one large (~3 x 2 m) rectangular tholos (Tomb I) ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Iron Age: (1200 BC - 960 BC)
    a.    Hayden et al. [1992]: 348, 'EIA', '... this is an area with more walls and tombs near pottery and possible figurine fragments.'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 43, ' This tomb is larger (~3 x 2 m), of more regular construction, and richer than the other tholoi at the site, and it likely dates to SM-PG.'

3. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 43, ' This tomb is larger (~3 x 2 m), of more regular construction, and richer than the other tholoi at the site, and it likely dates to SM-PG.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Eaby [2007]:  Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., 'C. Karakovilia (VK 2; 3; and possibly 11 and 14)', pg. 42. ' '
Online here.

2.  Hayden et al. [1992]:  Hayden, Barbara J. and Jennifer A. Moody, Oliver Rackham. ‘The Vrokastro Survey Project, 1986-1989: Research Design and Preliminary Results’, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (61:3), 293-353. 1992., 'VK 2; Vrokastro: Karakovilia', pg. 348. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5669 is at 35.12534° N, 25.74451° E, a straight-line distance of 761.4 m.