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Gournia: North Cemetery

PK	C5703
TITLE	Gournia: North Cemetery
WGS84	35.11053° N, 25.792554° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.11053, 25.792554
LON/LAT	25.792554, 35.11053

DMS

35° 6' 37.908" N

25° 47' 33.1944" E

W3W	outfit, winced, swooshed
UTM	35 S, 389964, 3885967
EGSA87	663214, 3886482

Elevation m	30
Elevation feet	98.4
Region	Crete
Subregion	Ierapetra

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Vavouranakis [2007], 26    'The northernmost spur of the former (the hill or acropolis of Gournia proper, rhc) is the site of the Prepalatial and Protopalatial North Cemetery, ...'
2.    Tomb.   Langohr [2009], 91    'Des tombes MR III sont découvertes dans les alentours du site d'habitat, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 28, 'MM IA - B Tombs I, II, IV, VII, VIII'

2. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 28, 'MM IA - B Tombs I, II, IV, VII, VIII'

3. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 28, 'MM II Tomb I'

4. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Langohr [2009]: 91, 'Ces sépultures correspondent majoritairement aux phases MR IIIA2 et MR IIIB.'

5. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Langohr [2009]: 91, 'Ces sépultures correspondent majoritairement aux phases MR IIIA2 et MR IIIB.'

NOTES

1. In Vavouranakis [2007] find a good drawing of the ground plan of the North Cemetery on p. 29, Fig. 2.16.

2. Langohr [2009] 91 remarks that the cemetery here stretches eastwards nearly to Pachyammos: "..., dans une zone qui s'étend jusqu'aux environs du village côtier de Pachyammos, ..."

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Langohr [2009]: Langohr, Charlotte. PERIPHEREIA: Étude régionale de la Crète aux Minoen Récent II-IIIB (1450-1200 av. J.-C.) 1 | La Crète centrale et occidentale, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Belgium, 2009., 'Tombes', pg. 91. Online here.

2. Vavouranakis [2007]: Vavouranakis, Giorgos. Funerary Landscapes East of Lasithi, Crete, in the Bronze Age. BAR International Series, no. 1606, 2007, 'Gournia; The topograhical framework', pg. 26. Online here.