Site details

Hagios Georgios/Tourtouloi: Volakas Cem

PK	C5708
TITLE	Hagios Georgios∕Tourtouloi: Volakas Cem
WGS84	35.12553° N, 26.064386° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.12553, 26.064386
LON/LAT	26.064386, 35.12553

DMS

35° 7' 31.908" N

26° 3' 51.7896" E

W3W	bashing, implemented, scanty
UTM	35 S, 414753, 3887364
EGSA87	687956, 3888625

Elevation m	333
Elevation feet	1092.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Vavouranakis [2007], 43    'Four burial sites have been located in the area.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 43, ' The pottery finds suggest that the tomb was used for a very long period of time, i.e. EM III - MM III. '

2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 43, 'The pottery finds suggest that the tomb was used for a very long period of time, i.e. EM III - MM III. '

3. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 43, 'The pottery finds suggest that the tomb was used for a very long period of time, i.e. EM III - MM III. '

4. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 43, 'According to the pottery, the place was used throughout the Postpalatial period (LM IIIA-C).'

5. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 43, 'According to the pottery, the place was used throughout the Postpalatial period (LM IIIA-C).'

6. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 43, 'According to the pottery, the place was used throughout the Postpalatial period (LM IIIA-C).'

NOTES

1. This marker is the Volakas site. Vavouranakis [2007] 43 describes four tomb sites near the town. Volakas; the second is Ammoudoplaka (C5888) which is close-by. The third is Kato Kephala which is C5887. The last mentioned is a destroyed postpalatial tomb whose precise location is unknown.

2. A blog post that discusses the locational issues is here: https://mycenaeanatlasproject.blogspot.com/2018/07/c5708-volakas-cemetery-in-siteia-on.html

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Vavouranakis [2007]: Vavouranakis, Giorgos. Funerary Landscapes East of Lasithi, Crete, in the Bronze Age. BAR International Series, no. 1606, 2007, 'Hagios Georgios (also known as Tourtouloi)', pg. 43. Online here.