Site details

Galana Charakia

PK	C5712
TITLE	Galana Charakia
WGS84	35.173381° N, 25.943665° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.173381, 25.943665
LON/LAT	25.943665, 35.173381

DMS

35° 10' 24.1716" N

25° 56' 37.194" E

W3W	rather, clear, slights
UTM	35 S, 403810, 3892781
EGSA87	676851, 3893712

Elevation m	152
Elevation feet	498.7
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   BCH [1960], 821    'Au lieu-dit Galana Charakia Platon a fouillé une tombe à tholos de la dernière phase de l'époque prépalatiale.'
2.    Tholos.   Vavouranakis [2007], 22    'In the wider area, Platon has discovered a tholos tomb, ...'
3.    Tomb.   Goodison and Guarita [2005], 192

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    BCH [1960]: 821, 'Les vases sont pour la plupart de la période intermédiaire qui s'étend du MA au MM'

2. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 193, 'Dating: EMII-MMIB.'

3. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 22, '..., probably EM III - MM II, at the Galana Charakia location, ...'

4. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    BCH [1960]: 821, 'Les vases sont pour la plupart de la période intermédiaire qui s'étend du MA au MM'

5. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 193, 'Dating: EMII-MMIB.'

6. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 22, '..., probably EM III - MM II, at the Galana Charakia location, ...'

7. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 193, 'Dating: EMII-MMIB.'

8. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 22, '..., probably EM III - MM II, at the Galana Charakia location, ...'

NOTES

1. In BCH [1960] 821: 'Cette tombe à tholos est la première qui ait été découverte dans la Crète orientale.'

2. Position based on the GPS position in Goodison and Guarita [2005] 192, '54. Myrsini'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1960]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 84-1, 84-2, 1960., 'Galana Charakia', pg. 821. Online here.

2. Goodison and Guarita [2005]: Goodison, Lucy and Carlos Guarita. ‘A New Catalogue of the Mesara-Type Tombs’, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici [47], pp. 171-212, 2005, '54. Myrsini', pg. 192. Online here.

3. Vavouranakis [2007]: Vavouranakis, Giorgos. Funerary Landscapes East of Lasithi, Crete, in the Bronze Age. BAR International Series, no. 1606, 2007, '', pg. 22. Online here.