Site details

Tourloti: Plakalona

PK	C5716
TITLE	Tourloti: Plakalona
WGS84	35.167296° N, 25.93617° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	35.167296, 25.93617
LON/LAT	25.93617, 35.167296

DMS

35° 10' 2.2656" N

25° 56' 10.212" E

W3W	rankings, juries, raggy
UTM	35 S, 403120, 3892114
EGSA87	676181, 3893023

Elevation m	186
Elevation feet	610.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Eaby [2007], 92    'An extensive LM IIIA-C cemetery of chamber tombs was identified in the hills beneath the village, ...'
2.    Cem.   Seager [1909], 286    'Just below Tourloti are the remains of an extensive cemetery of L. M. III, ...'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Vavouranakis [2007], 52    '...while chamber tomb groups have been reported ..., and at Plakalona, a hill just below the modern settlement of Tourloti...'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH [1991], 939    '..., une tombe à chambre ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 52, ?
    b.    BCH [1991]: 939, '..., datant du MR III, ...'
    c.    Seager [1909]: 286, '... the remains of an extensive cemetery of L. M. III, ...'

2. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 92, '...LM IIIA-C cemetery...'

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 92, '...LM IIIA-C cemetery...'

4. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 92, '...LM IIIA-C cemetery...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1991]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 115. 1991., 'Tourloti Sitias.', pg. 939. Online here.

2. 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., '53. Tourloti', pg. 92. Online here.

3. Seager [1909]: Seager, Richard B.. ‘Excavations on the Island of Mochlos, Crete, in 1908’, American Journal of Archaeology (13:3), pp. 273-303, 1909., '', pg. 286. Online here.

4. Vavouranakis [2007]: Vavouranakis, Giorgos. Funerary Landscapes East of Lasithi, Crete, in the Bronze Age. BAR International Series, no. 1606, 2007, '', pg. 52. Online here.