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Krya: Cem

PK	C5699
TITLE	Krya: Cem
WGS84	35.120238° N, 26.037939° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.120238, 26.037939
LON/LAT	26.037939, 35.120238

DMS

35° 7' 12.8568" N

26° 2' 16.5804" E

W3W	flannel, recoding, cautiously
UTM	35 S, 412337.55, 3886800.56
EGSA87	685558, 3887989

Elevation m	545
Elevation feet	1788.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Kanta and Davaras [2004], 154    A figula and earring are listed.
2.    Cem.   BCH [1985], 845    '...la fouille de la nécropole subminoenne et protogéométrique...'
3.    Cem.   BCH [1981], 866    '... l'exploration de la nécropole subminoenne et proto-géométrique repérée en 1971 au lieu-dit Orthi Pétra ou Tsachali, dans la région de Sitia.'
4.    Cem.   Nowicki [2000], 63    'Krya is known first and foremost for the ... SM-PG cemetery.', '...near Ag. Georgios, about 1.5 km east from the village of Krya ...'
5.    Cem.   Kanta and Davaras [2004], 150    'In 1972, a group of 10 small rholos tombs were looted in the area of the village of Krya Seteias, under the Castel Monforte or Monte Forte.'
6.    Cem.   Eaby [2007], 73    'Approximately 30 tombs have been excavated in a pillaged LM IIIC - PG (with some Geometric) cemetery ...'
7.    Pottery.   Kanta and Davaras [2004], 150    ' ... and fragments of pithoi, ..., as well as vases were strewn near-by.'
8.    Tomb.   Kanta and Davaras [2004], 150    'There were two main tomb types: ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 73, 'The date of the tomb is still debated; it may date as early as LM IIIB/C ...'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 73, 'The date of the tomb is still debated; it may date as early as LM IIIB/C ...'
    b.    Kanta and Davaras [2004]: 155, 'Another important difference is that Krya starts earlier than Fatsi-Drogara, in LM IIIC ... '

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    BCH [1985]: 845, '...protogéométrique...'
    b.    BCH [1981]: 866, '...la nécropole subminoenne et proto-géométrique...'
    c.    Nowicki [2000]: 63, '...excavations in the early 1970's revealed Subminoan and Protogeometric tombs near Ag. Georgios ...'
    d.    Eaby [2007]: 73, '...in a pillaged LM IIIC - PG ... cemetery ...'

4. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    BCH [1985]: 845, '...subminoenne ...'
    b.    BCH [1981]: 866, '...la nécropole subminoenne et proto-géométrique...'
    c.    Nowicki [2000]: 63, '...excavations in the early 1970's revealed Subminoan and Protogeometric tombs near Ag. Georgios ...'

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 73, '...(with some Geometric) ...'
    b.    Kanta and Davaras [2004]: 155, 'It clearly continues within the Geometric period.'

6. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Kanta and Davaras [2004]: 155, 'It seems then probable to conclude that the Krya cemetery was abandoned sometime roughly towards the end of the 8th century BC.'

NOTE

1. Six types of tombs are listed and described in Kanta and Davaras [2004] 150-151. The pottery is discussed in detail, ibid., pp. 151-6 and is illustrated with photographs.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1985]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 109, 1985., 'Krya.', pg. 845. Online here.

2. BCH [1981]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 105, 1981., 'Krya.', pg. 866. Online here.

3. 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., '39. Krya', pg. 73. Online here.

4. Kanta and Davaras [2004]: Kanta, Athanasia and Kostis Davaras. ‘The Cemetery of Krya, District of Seteia. Developments at the End of the Late Bronze Age and the Beginning of the Early Iron Age in East Crete’, in Stampolides and Gionikoure [2004], pp. 149-157, 'The Cemetery of Krya, District of Seteia.', pg. 149. Online here.

5. 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., '13. Krya Agios Georgios', pg. 63.

6. Stampolides and Gionikoure [2004]: Stampolides, N. Chr. and A. Giannikoure. ΤΟ ΑΙΓΑΙΟ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΡΩΙΜΗ ΕΠΟΧΗ ΤΟΥ ΣΙΔΗΡΟΥ (The Aegean in the early Iron Age period.); ΠΡΑΚΤΙΚΑ ΤΟΥ ΔΙΕΘΝΟΥΣ ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΟΥ - ΡΟΔΟΣ, 1-4 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 2002. Athens, '',