Site details

Pefki: Kastellopoulo: Tholos

PK	C5909
TITLE	Pefki: Kastellopoulo: Tholos
WGS84	35.081245° N, 25.987516° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	35.081245, 25.987516
LON/LAT	25.987516, 35.081245

DMS

35° 4' 52.482" N

25° 59' 15.0576" E

W3W	simultaneous, terribly, supervisors
UTM	35 S, 407699, 3882522
EGSA87	681049, 3883571

Elevation m	623
Elevation feet	2044
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Nowicki [2000], 68    'Two tholos tombs are located about 300 m south-west of Kastellopoulo, in a small "lakkos" below a cliff ..., '
2.    Tholos.   Eaby [2007], 81    'Two stone tholoi ... with square chambers, similar to those found at Karphi, were identified by Nowicki ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 82, 'An LM IIIC / PG tripod leg, ..., was found ~ 30 meters from Tomb 2 and may thus reflect the date of the tomb.'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 82, 'An LM IIIC / PG tripod leg, ..., was found ~ 30 meters from Tomb 2 and may thus reflect the date of the tomb.'

NOTE

1. In Nowicki [2000] 65, fig. 20., no. 9.

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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., '47. Pefkoi.', pg. 81. 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., '15. Pefki: Kastellopoulo', pg. 67.