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Archanes: Tholos B

PKC5818
TITLEArchanes: Tholos B
WGS84 35.245185° N, 25.158951° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.245185, 25.158951
LON/LAT 25.158951, 35.245185

DMS 35° 14' 42.666" N,25° 9' 32.2236" E

W3Wbicyclists, clinic, tattoo
UTM35 S, 332494, 3901787
EGSA87 605294, 3900560

Elevation m431
Elevation feet 1414
RegionCrete
SubregionTemenos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Myers et al. [1992], 56    'Tholos Tomb B (Building 2) ... continued in use.'
2.    Tholos.   Kanta [1980], 33    'Several architectural alterations were made to the structure of Tholos II ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 56, 'MM IA Tholos Tombs B (Building 2) and E ... in use ...'

2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 56, 'LM I ... Continued use of Tholos Tomb B (Building 2).'

3. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 56, 'LM IIIA Tholos Tomb B (Building 2) ... continued in use.'

4. Postpalatial: (1380 BC - 1100 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 33, '... at the "beginning of the Postpalatial period"...'

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., '- Tholos II', pg. 33.

2.  Myers et al. [1992]:  Myers, J. Wilson and Eleanor Emlen Myers, Gerald Cadogan. The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles. United States of America. 1992., '3. Archanes - Phourni', pg. 56. 'MM IA Tholos Tombs B (Building 2) and E ... in use ...'

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5818 is at 35.33291° N, 25.19375° E, a straight-line distance of 10 km and 232 m.