Site details

Zenia: Tholos

PK	C5863
TITLE	Zenia: Tholos
WGS84	35.208635° N, 25.581794° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.208635, 25.581794
LON/LAT	25.581794, 35.208635

DMS

35° 12' 31.086" N

25° 34' 54.4584" E

W3W	tonality, ballooning, extremely
UTM	35 S, 370911, 3897102
EGSA87	643832, 3897038

Elevation m	749
Elevation feet	2457.3
Region	Crete
Subregion	Mirabello

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Nowicki [2000], 116    'A partly destroyed tholos tomb was excavated in 1998 in the escarpment of the main road leading to Lasithi, on the western fringe of the village (Fig. 52.4).'
2.    Tholos.   Eaby [2007], 47    '..., a small, partly destroyed LM IIIB-C (or SM) tomb with circular chamber (1.9-2.0 m) and two burial phases was excavated in 1998 by the Greek Archaeological Service ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 47, '..., a small, partly destroyed LM IIIB-C (or SM) tomb...'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 47, '..., a small, partly destroyed LM IIIB-C (or SM) tomb...'

3. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 47, '..., a small, partly destroyed LM IIIB-C (or SM) tomb...'

NOTE

1. Location identified by comparing the photo in Eaby [2007], fig. 35 with Google Street View.

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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., '17. Zenia', pg. 47. Online here.

2. Nowicki [2000]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Defensible Sites in Crete; c. 1200 - 800 B.C. (LM IIIB/IIIC through Early Geometric). Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 21., '', pg. 116.