Site details

Adromyloi

PK	C5697
TITLE	Adromyloi
WGS84	35.090902° N, 26.038792° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.090902, 26.038792
LON/LAT	26.038792, 35.090902

DMS

35° 5' 27.2472" N

26° 2' 19.6512" E

W3W	pigtail, fascinates, tinsel
UTM	35 S, 412384, 3883546
EGSA87	685702, 3884736

Elevation m	186
Elevation feet	610.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Kanta [1980], 185    'An LM III horse-shoe shaped chamber tomb was discovered in the area of Andromyloi, ...'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Eaby [2007], 65    'Platon had previously in 1954 dug a horseshoe-shaped LM III (late B - early C) chamber tomb in this area, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 185, 'An LM III horse-shoe shaped chamber tomb...'

2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 185, 'The material from the tomb, ..., seems to fall mainly into two chronological stages: late LM III B ...'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 65, '...late B...'

3. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 185, '... and early III C.'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 65, 'The IIIC vases include a stirrup jar, duck vase, and a feeding bottle.'

NOTES

1. Marker location of this horse-shoe shaped chamber tomb is notional only.

2. The Aristeia Project says "The tomb was excavated by villagers and its exact location is unknown (3 different localities are suggested." Their page puts it at about here: 35.087354° N, 26.026343° E

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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., '29. Adromyloi (Lithines); C. Kandemi Kephali', pg. 65. Online here.

2. 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., '17. Andromyloi, Kantemi Kefali', pg. 185.