Site details

Athanatoi: Cem

PK	C5815
TITLE	Athanatoi: Cem
WGS84	35.273071° N, 25.075964° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.273071, 25.075964
LON/LAT	25.075964, 35.273071

DMS

35° 16' 23.0556" N

25° 4' 33.4704" E

W3W	banking, plops, bathes
UTM	35 S, 325003, 3905023
EGSA87	597710, 3903568

Elevation m	88
Elevation feet	288.7
Region	Crete
Subregion	Malevyzion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Kanta [1980], 17    'Two chamber tombs of LM III B date were found during construction work for the main road.'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Langohr [2009], 60    'Deux tombes a chambre ont ete découvertes ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Langohr [2009]: 60, ' ... la description seule de la céramique n'exclut pas que leur utilisation remonte à la phase MR IIIA2.'

2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 17, 'Two tombs of LM III B date were found...'
    b.    Langohr [2009]: 60, 'Elles sont toutes deux datées de la phase MR IIIB par N. Platon ...'

NOTE

1. I take it that the 'main road' referred to by Kanta [1980] 17 is not Odos Selenes, which runs through Athanatoi, but the Heraklion-Phaistos highway that runs N-S just outside the town to the W. At least that's where I've placed the marker.

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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., '8. Athanatoi', pg. 17.

2. 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., '2.1.4 Athanatoi', pg. 60. Online here.