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Maroulas: Cem

PKC5813
TITLEMaroulas: Cem
WGS84 35.349885° N, 24.550002° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 35.349885, 24.550002
LON/LAT 24.550002, 35.349885

DMS 35° 20' 59.586" N,24° 33' 0.0072" E

W3Wrevisit, worked, soaped
UTM35 S, 277367, 3914600
EGSA87 549826, 3911695

Elevation m190
Elevation feet 623.4
RegionCrete
SubregionRethymnon





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   BCH Online, 3610    'Seven chamber tombs with rectilinear or elliptical chambers...'
2.    Cem.   BCH Online, 213    '... une grande nécropole de tombes à chambre MR IIIA-B.'
3.    Cem.   BCH Online, 2825    'E. Papadopoulou ... reports on a decade of excavation in this LM III cemetery (the largest of its type in west Crete after Chania and Armenoi).'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH [2004], 1629    'En 1997, une tombe à chambre du MR IIIA2 a été explorée au lieu-dit Mézaria; d'autres tombes de la même époque (à chambre et en jarres) avaient été découvertes naguère à proximité ...'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   AR[2003], 91    'E. Papadopoulou (25th EPCA) reports in ADelt 52 (1997) 1033-4 the discovery of a robbed chamber tomb...'
6.    Chamber Tomb.   Kanta [1980], 214    'Three chamber tombs were found in the area, ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 3610, '...a Late Minoan III cemetery of chamber tombs and pot-burials...'

2. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 213, '... tombes à chambre MR IIIA-B.'

3. Late Minoan IIIA1: (1420 BC - 1390 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 2825, 'The earliest vessels (e.g. monochrome kylikes) date to LM IIIA1 - 2, ...'

4. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 3610, 'The pottery dates the graves to LM IIIA2 - LM IIIB.'
    b.    BCH [2004]: 1629, '..., une tombe à chambre du MR IIIA2 ...'
    c.    BCH Online: 2825, 'The earliest vessels (e.g. monochrome kylikes) date to LM IIIA1 - 2, ...', '..., with others dating in LM IIIA2 (e.g. tall alabastron).'
    d.    AR[2003]: 91, '...associated with LM IIIA2 pottery; ...'
    e.    Kanta [1980]: 215, 'An LM III A 2 and B tomb ... has also been found...'

5. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 3610, 'The pottery dates the graves to LM IIIA2 - LM IIIB.'
    b.    BCH Online: 213, '... tombes à chambre MR IIIA-B.'
    c.    BCH Online: 2825, 'Most (vessels, RHC), however, belong to LM IIIB Early and Late.'
    d.    Kanta [1980]: 215, 'Some LM III B fragments from the same tomb belong to an unusual rhyton.'

NOTES

1.  Additional: ADelt 56-59 (2001-2004) B5, 448-450

2.  Position of the marker taken from the map attached to BCH Online, no. 3610.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  BCH Online:  Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Maroulas, Mezaria', no. 213. Online here. Online here.

2.  BCH Online:  Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Maroulas, Mezaria', no. 2825. Online here. Online here.

3.  AR[2003]:  Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (50) 2003., 'Maroulas (Giannoulaki plot)', pg. 91. Online here.

4.  BCH Online:  Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Maroulas, Mezaria', no. 3610. Online here. Online here.

5.  BCH [2004]:  Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 128-129-2.2. 2004., 'Maroulas', pg. 1629. Online here.

6.  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., '6. Maroulas', pg. 214.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5813 is at 35.37428° N, 24.54378° E, a straight-line distance of 2 km and 765 m.