Site details

Mochlos: Cem

PK	C5710
TITLE	Mochlos: Cem
WGS84	35.187309° N, 25.905598° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.187309, 25.905598
LON/LAT	25.905598, 35.187309

DMS

35° 11' 14.3124" N

25° 54' 20.1528" E

W3W	unsubtle, fascinates, combs
UTM	35 S, 400360, 3894364
EGSA87	673354, 3895189

Elevation m	18
Elevation feet	59.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Eaby [2007], 78    'At least 30 rock-cut chamber tombs, ..., have been excavated ...'
2.    Cem.   Vavouranakis [2007], 21    'The cemetery on the west side of the islet is the best-known discovery from the area.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan IIIB: (1700 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 21, 'During the beginning of the Neopalatial period (MM IIIB - LM IA) Mochlos was probably a town with multi-storied houses, although the evidence is fragmentary again. Nevertheless, the West Terrace cemetery was reused.'

2. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 21, 'During the beginning of the Neopalatial period (MM IIIB - LM IA) Mochlos was probably a town with multi-storied houses, although the evidence is fragmentary again. Nevertheless, the West Terrace cemetery was reused.'

3. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 78, '...in an LM IIIA - B cemetery...'

4. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 78, 'Only one kylix and a burial pithos remained from the original period of use (LM IIIA2).'

5. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 78, '...in an LM IIIA - B cemetery...'

6. Roman: (753 BC - 395 AD)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 192, 'R Small settlement of 2nd - 4th century.'

7. Byzantine: (395 AD - 1453 AD)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: , 'EByz Small village along south shore and at Loutres on the coast opposite.'

NOTES

1. See Vavouranakis [2007] 21, Fig. 2.5 for a ground plan of this cemetery.

2. The island of Mochlos has been, since 1989, the subject of investigation under the sponsorship of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. The current directors are Jeffrey Soles, professor emeritus of University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Costis Davaras, professor emeritus of the University of Athens. The project page is here. The Mycenaean cemetery is described here and was fully published - see items 5, 6, and 7 on this page. On the bottom of that same page is a supplemental bibliography of Mochlos-related articles and books.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., '43. Mochlos', pg. 78. Online here.

2. Vavouranakis [2007]: Vavouranakis, Giorgos. Funerary Landscapes East of Lasithi, Crete, in the Bronze Age. BAR International Series, no. 1606, 2007, '', pg. 21. Online here.