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Piyi: Cem

PKC5809
TITLEPiyi: 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

W3Wunaware, nurture, snood
UTM35 S, 280012, 3917178
EGSA87 552390, 3914351

Elevation m47
Elevation feet 154.2
RegionCrete
SubregionRethymnon





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 ...'

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5809 is at 35.38192° N, 24.5796° E, a straight-line distance of 918.9 m.