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Vryses: Pithos Burial
| PK | C5723 |
| TITLE | Vryses: Pithos Burial |
| WGS84 | 35.494446° N, 23.890325° E |
| Accuracy | Unknown |
| LAT/LON | 35.494446, 23.890325 |
| LON/LAT | 23.890325, 35.494446 |
| DMS | 35° 29' 40.0056" N | , | 23° 53' 25.17" E |
| W3W | recaptured, halted, prefixes |
| UTM | 34 S, 762187, 3931719 |
| EGSA87 | 489904, 3927594 |
| Elevation m | 39 |
| Elevation feet | 128 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Kydhonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Pithos Burial. KrCh [1959], 392 '...found in a pithos...'2. Pithos Burial. Hood [1965], 106 'A pithos with the bones of a child and a hoard of bronze objects...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. KrCh [1959]: 392, '...objects, as it appears, of the Greek period, ...'
2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Hood [1965]: 106, '...; they date from the geometric period...'
NOTES
1. RHC translation from the Greek text in Kretika Chronika.
2. Hood [1965] 106 says '..., 7 minutes north-west of the center of the village.'
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. KrCh [1959]: Kretika Chronika (13), 1959, '', pg. 392.
Online here.
2. Hood [1965]: Hood, M.S.F.. ‘Minoan Sites in the Far West of Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (60), pp. 99-113, 1965., 'C. 3. Vrises; 3. 'Logadhes'', pg. 106.
Online here.