Site details

Khania: Courthouse

PK	C5736
TITLE	Khania: Courthouse
WGS84	35.508872° N, 24.030535° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.508872, 24.030535
LON/LAT	24.030535, 35.508872

DMS

35° 30' 31.9392" N

24° 1' 49.926" E

W3W	final, upset, sounding
UTM	35 S, 230680, 3933533
EGSA87	502620, 3929189

Elevation m	32
Elevation feet	105
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kydhonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Kanta [1980], 225    'Two chamber tombs were discovered in 1900.', '...several tombs to the south-east of the court in 1928 ...'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Vlasaki [1991], 491    '...est fait mention de la découverte de deux ou trois tombes "en forme de cavernes" derrière les Tribunaux.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Vlasaki [1991]: 489, '...les tombes MR III ...'

2. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 225, 'They belong to two chronological stages, LM III A 2...'

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 225, '... and LM III B.'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 226, 'The other vases of this group are LM III B in date, ...'

NOTE

1. Placement based on the map in Vlasaki [1991], 488, fig. 1, no. 2.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Kanta [1980]: Kanta, Athanasia. The Late Minoan III Period in Crete; A Survey of Sites, Pottery and their Distribution. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg. Sweden. 1980., '', pg. 225.

2. Vlasaki [1991]: Vlasaki, Maria. ‘La nécropole du Minoen Récent III de la ville de la Canée’, Suppléments au Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (30), La Crète mycénienne. Actes de la Table ronde internationale organisée par l'École française d'Athènes [26-28 mars 1991], 487-509., '2.', pg. 491. Online here.