Site details

Schoinokapsala: Xenotaphoi

PK	C5884
TITLE	Schoinokapsala: Xenotaphoi
WGS84	35.060497° N, 25.869168° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.060497, 25.869168
LON/LAT	25.869168, 35.060497

DMS

35° 3' 37.7892" N

25° 52' 9.0048" E

W3W	eliminate, sauna, detrimental
UTM	35 S, 396883, 3880337
EGSA87	670301, 3881061

Elevation m	495
Elevation feet	1624
Region	Crete
Subregion	Ierapetra

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Eaby [2007], 61    'A small robbed tholos tomb was discovered at Xenotaphoi, though the exact findspot is unknown; ...'
2.    Tholos.   AR[1992], 79    'Illicit excavation revealed a tholos tomb ...;'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 61, '...; the date is not given, though it was probably LM or SM.'
    b.    AR[1992]: 79, '...; much pottery was found (date not given, but LM by description).'

2. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 61, '...; the date is not given, though it was probably LM or SM.'

NOTES

1. This placement is strictly notional. I have placed it near the hab at Psychro (C4477) with which it might have been associated. There is no locational info for this site at all because, as I understand it, the initial discovery was illicit.

2. And see ADelt 41, Chr. 234.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1992]: Archaeological Reports. The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (39) 1992-1993., 'Schoinokapsala', pg. 79. Online here.

2. 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., '26. Schoinokapsala', pg. 61. Online here.