Site details

Xerokamara

PK	C5701
TITLE	Xerokamara
WGS84	35.204463° N, 26.096083° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	35.204463, 26.096083
LON/LAT	26.096083, 35.204463

DMS

35° 12' 16.0668" N

26° 5' 45.8988" E

W3W	dispute, inseparable, dribbles
UTM	35 S, 417721, 3896092
EGSA87	690660, 3897441

Elevation m	37
Elevation feet	121.4
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Larnax.   Vavouranakis [2007], 49    'Post-palatial larnakes have been collected at Papoures the old harbour area ..., and Xerokamara, the new hospital area outside the town...'
2.    Tomb.   Kanta [1980], 198    'A tomb was found during cultivation in the are of the village of Xerokamara.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Postpalatial: (1380 BC - 1100 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 49, 'Post-palatial larnakes have been collected...'

2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 198, 'The date of the tomb was LM III B.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., '33. Xerokamara', pg. 198.

2. Vavouranakis [2007]: Vavouranakis, Giorgos. Funerary Landscapes East of Lasithi, Crete, in the Bronze Age. BAR International Series, no. 1606, 2007, 'Siteia', pg. 49. Online here.