Soudha: Tomb
| PK | C5743 |
| TITLE | Soudha: Tomb |
| WGS84 | 35.465567° N, 24.123554° E |
| Accuracy | 500 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.465567, 24.123554 |
| LON/LAT | 24.123554, 35.465567 |
| DMS | 35° 27' 56.0412" N | , | 24° 7' 24.7944" E |
| W3W | sorely, unstoppable, obtain |
| UTM | 35 S, 238979, 3928478 |
| EGSA87 | 511062, 3924393 |
| Elevation m | 157 |
| Elevation feet | 515.1 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Apokoronas |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb
TYPE
1. Chamber Tomb. Langohr [2009], 171 'Il s'agit vraisemblablement d'une tombe à chambre ...'2. Tomb. Hood [1965], 111 'A tomb with L.M. III vases, ...'
3. Tomb. Moody [1987], 'FUNCTION: Minoan-burial (LMIII cemetery?)'
4. Tomb. Kanta [1980], 236 'A destroyed tomb was found about 5 km east of Souda, ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Hood [1965]: 111, '... with L.M. III vases, ...'
b. Moody [1987]: , 'DATE: LMIII (probably IIIB)'
2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Moody [1987]: , 'DATE: LMIII (probably IIIB)'
b. Kanta [1980]: 236, ? Dr. Kanta says '... west Crete where the potter's art reaches its peak of production and quality in LM III B.'
c. Langohr [2009]: 172, 'Les six autres vases de la tombe correspondent à la fin de la phase MR IIIB...'
3. Late Minoan IIIB1: (1330 BC - 1250 BC)
a. Langohr [2009]: 172, 'Ces deux vases correspondent probablement à l'HR IIIB1 ...'
NOTES
1. Moody [1987] (Appendix 3, K15) says "The exact location of this tomb is unknown, but I found traces of two tombs in the olive grove on the NE side of the Megala Khorafia turnoff from the National Road. It seems likely that this is the location of the Soudha tombs." Given that her reported elevation for these tombs is 160 m her hypothesis seems doubtful. Her proposed location (the olive grove is at F4492) is only about 90 m. in elevation. If this discrepancy really is important then it appears that Dr. Moody has found new tombs.
2. Dr. Kanta [1980] 236 says 'The primary interest of the tomb lies in the two imported Mycenaean vases, stirrup jar no. 1 and the pictorial style krater no. 8.'
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. 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., 'D. 1. Soudha', pg. 111.
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Online here.
2. 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., '2. The Tomb Near Souda Bay', pg. 236.
3. Langohr [2009]: Langohr, Charlotte. PERIPHEREIA: Étude régionale de la Crète aux Minoen Récent II-IIIB (1450-1200 av. J.-C.) 1 | La Crète centrale et occidentale, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Belgium, 2009., '2.6.7. Souda; Tombe', pg. 171.
Online here.
4. Moody [1987]: Moody, Jennifer Alice. The Environmental and Cultural Prehistory of the Khania Region of West Crete: Neolithic through Late Minoan III. Ph.D. Dissertation. The Graduate School of the University of Minnesota. 1987., 'Appendix III: Site Catalog, K15', Online here.