Site details

Stamnioi/Stamnoi

PK	C5880
TITLE	Stamnioi∕Stamnoi
WGS84	35.271135° N, 25.236574° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.271135, 25.236574
LON/LAT	25.236574, 35.271135

DMS

35° 16' 16.086" N

25° 14' 11.6664" E

W3W	slang, miniatures, pops
UTM	35 S, 339609, 3904537
EGSA87	612320, 3903524

Elevation m	239
Elevation feet	784.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pedhiadha

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Kanta [1980], 53    'Professor Platon investigated an LM III cemetery in the Palaialona location of the village of Stamnioi.'
2.    Cem.   Langohr [2009], 68    'Cinq tombes sont fouillees par N. Platon au lieu-dit de Palaialona, ...'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Eaby [2007], 133    ' ..., and several LM III A-B chamber tombs have also been found ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 58, 'An LM I cup, no. 9920, from Tomb Delta, must be mentioned. ... a bold running spiral common in LM I A.'

2. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Langohr [2009]: 69, '... d'une utilisation continue, du début de la phase MR IIIA jusqu'à la fin de la phase MR IIIB.'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 54, 'The LM III A period is well represented in all the tombs from an early stage to the final transitional period towards III B.'
    c.    Eaby [2007]: 133, ' ..., and several LM III A-B chamber tombs ... '

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Langohr [2009]: 69, '... d'une utilisation continue, du début de la phase MR IIIA jusqu'à la fin de la phase MR IIIB.'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 56, 'The LM III B is well represented among the pottery, from transitional III A/B to a relatively late stage.'
    c.    Eaby [2007]: 133, ' ..., and several LM III A-B chamber tombs ... '

NOTE

1. These chamber tombs are thought to have been found at an area called Palaialona which is supposed to be about 10 minutes NW of Stamnioi. See Eaby [2007] 133, '90. Stamnioi'.

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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., '90. Stamnioi', pg. 133. 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., '11. Stamnioi', pg. 53.

3. 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., '2.1.12. Stamnoi; Tombes', pg. 68. Online here.