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Sfoungaras: Cem

PK	C5704
TITLE	Sfoungaras: Cem
WGS84	35.11254° N, 25.792813° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.11254, 25.792813
LON/LAT	25.792813, 35.11254

DMS

35° 6' 45.144" N

25° 47' 34.1268" E

W3W	weeks, tutoring, chessboard
UTM	35 S, 389990, 3886190
EGSA87	663234, 3886705

Elevation m	37
Elevation feet	121.4
Region	Crete
Subregion	Ierapetra

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Hall [1912], 43    'It being thus apparent that we had to do with an extensive cemetery ... '
2.    Cem.   Vavouranakis [2007], 28    'The west slope of Pera Alatzomouri, Sphoungaras (Fig. 2.17), accommodated EM II burials in Rock shelters I and II and individual crude cists and pits...'
3.    Pottery.   Hall [1912], 58    'THE PITHOS-BURIALS'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Hall [1912]: 46, 'The pottery associated with the former was of Early Minoan II and Early Minoan III date, ... '

2. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Hall [1912]: 46, 'The pottery associated with the former was of Early Minoan II and Early Minoan III date, ... '

3. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 28, 'In addition, Rock shelter IV and Deposit F have MM I larnax and pithos burials, ...'
    b.    Hall [1912]: 46, 'The jars used in the latter class of burials were mostly of the Middle Minoan III and Late Minoan I periods although a few specimens, dating from the Middle Minoan I period, occurred.'

4. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 28, 'MM III - LM I Pithoi'
    b.    Hall [1912]: 46, 'The jars used in the latter class of burials were mostly of the Middle Minoan III and Late Minoan I periods although a few specimens, dating from the Middle Minoan I period, occurred.'

5. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 28, 'MM III - LM I Pithoi'
    b.    Hall [1912]: 46, 'The jars used in the latter class of burials were mostly of the Middle Minoan III and Late Minoan I periods although a few specimens, dating from the Middle Minoan I period, occurred.'

NOTES

1.  Vavouranakis [2007] 29, Fig. 2.17 provides a fine ground plan of the Sfoungaras cemetery.

2.  See the diagram of the cemetery in Hall [1912] Plate XV.

3.  For the late Neolithic period see the description in Nowicki [2014] 171, '88 Gournia Sfoungaras'.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hall [1912]: Hall, Edith. Excavations in Eastern Crete; Sphoungaras. University of Pennsylvania; The Museum Anthropological Publications, III, no. 2, 'Excavations in Eastern Crete; Sphoungaras', pg. 43. Online here.

2. Vavouranakis [2007]: Vavouranakis, Giorgos. Funerary Landscapes East of Lasithi, Crete, in the Bronze Age. BAR International Series, no. 1606, 2007, '', pg. 28. At the paragraph beginning 'The west slope of Pera Alatzomouri, ...'
Online here.