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Stavrakia: Xylangouri

PK	C5849
TITLE	Stavrakia: Xylangouri
WGS84	35.250039° N, 25.060987° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.250039, 25.060987
LON/LAT	25.060987, 35.250039

DMS

35° 15' 0.1404" N

25° 3' 39.5532" E

W3W	duffels, filling, predominant
UTM	35 S, 323590, 3902495
EGSA87	596375, 3900999

Elevation m	228
Elevation feet	748
Region	Crete
Subregion	Malevyzion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Kanta [1980], 16    'A chamber tomb was investigated by C. Davaras.'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Eaby [2007], 108    'In addition, at Xylangouri near the village (of Stavrakia, rhc), Davaras excavated an LM IIIB chamber tomb with three larnakes and three vases.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 108, '...Davaras excavated an LM IIIB chamber tomb...'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 16, 'The date of the tomb is LM III B.'

NOTES

1. Eaby [2007] 108 simply says 'near the village'. Kanta [1980] 16 says nothing at all.

2. Eaby [2007] 102 says 'No further information about these tombs has been published, ...' Marker was placed notionally (following Eaby [2007] 102) 1 km. NE of Tylissos.

rhc

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Eaby [2007]: Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., '67. Stavrakia', pg. 108. 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., '6. Stavrakia', pg. 16.