Site details
Piyi: Cem
| PK | C5809 |
| TITLE | Piyi: Cem |
| WGS84 | 35.373695° N, 24.578395° E |
| Accuracy | 100 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.373695, 24.578395 |
| LON/LAT | 24.578395, 35.373695 |
| DMS | 35° 22' 25.302" N | , | 24° 34' 42.222" E |
| W3W | unaware, nurture, snood |
| UTM | 35 S, 280012, 3917178 |
| EGSA87 | 552390, 3914351 |
| Elevation m | 47 |
| Elevation feet | 154.2 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Rethymnon |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb
TYPE
1. Chamber Tomb. Kanta [1980], 213 'Another chamber tomb was accidentally discovered in an olive field about 2 km north of the village.'PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 213, 'The tomb is dated by Tzedhakis to two stages - an earlier and a later - within LM III A ...'
NOTE
1. Dr. Kanta says that the chamber tomb is '2 km north' of Pigi. The marker was placed by using the map in BCH notice no 1828, Fig. 8. This map shows a chamber tomb 1.6 km. to NNE of Piyi.
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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., '3. Pigi', pg. 212.
See paragraph on 213: 'Another chamber tomb ...'