PKey Report
PKC5810
TITLEPiyi∕Pigi: Skounti
WGS84 35.365378° N, 24.569869° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 35.365378, 24.569869
LON/LAT 24.569869, 35.365378

DMS 35° 21' 55.3608" N,24° 34' 11.5284" E

W3Wextras, burnt, rounders
UTM35 S, 279215, 3916274
EGSA87 551621, 3913424

Elevation m44
Elevation feet 144.4
RegionCrete
SubregionRethymnon







GENERAL SITE TYPE  Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Kanta [1980], 212    'At the Skounti location, about 500 metres north-east of the village, a chamber tomb was discovered in 1938.'

2.    Chamber Tomb.   AR[2012], 62    'There is an isolated Late Minoan IIIA2-B chamber tomb at Saounatsos (corrected spelling) near Pigi ..., '



PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)

    a.    Kanta [1980]: 212, '...the tomb was in use during two chronological stages, towards the end of LM III A 2...'

    b.    AR[2012]: 62, 'There is an isolated Late Minoan IIIA2-B chamber tomb...'

2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)

    a.    Kanta [1980]: 212, '...and the beginning of III B.'

    b.    AR[2012]: 62, 'There is an isolated Late Minoan IIIA2-B chamber tomb...'


NOTES

1.  Site and location contributed by Professor Sarah Murray, University of Toronto, Canada.

2.  Additional: BCH online notices 1828 and 3613.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  AR[2012]:  Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (59) 2012., 'The world of the dead', pg. 62. 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., '3. Pigi', pg. 212.