Site details

Krousonas: Choiromandres: Tomb

PK	C5924
TITLE	Krousonas: Choiromandres: Tomb
WGS84	35.225741° N, 24.979141° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	35.225741, 24.979141
LON/LAT	24.979141, 35.225741

DMS

35° 13' 32.6676" N

24° 58' 44.9076" E

W3W	fanfare, arching, explored
UTM	35 S, 316088, 3899949
EGSA87	588955, 3898228

Elevation m	545
Elevation feet	1788.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Malevyzion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2000], 182    'Pendlebury,, ... noted more Geometric vases at the location of Cheiromandres or Prinori.'
2.    Pottery.   Pendlebury [1965], 325    'Vases from Prinori.'
3.    Tomb.   Eaby [2007], 103    '...was found by chance a cinerary urn, together with other small Geometric vases, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 103, '...Geometric vases, ...'
    b.    Nowicki [2000]: 182, '... Geometric vases ...'
    c.    Pendlebury [1965]: 325, Section Name: 'SITES WHERE GEOMETRIC REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND'

NOTE

1. There are two different descriptions of the location of this site. Nowicki says '...c. 15 minutes south-west of the village, ...' i.e. Krousonas. Eaby says 'On the west slope of this hill, which is located just south ~300 m of the modern village of Krousonas,...' The hill is Koupo/Koupos which is at F4513. Krousonas is at F4516. These two sets of directions are not inconsistent. I have placed the marker on the western side of Koupos hill and can hardly be more than 50 m. in error.

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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., '65. Krousonas; B. Koupos Hill', pg. 103. 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., '81. Krousonas Koupo', pg. 182.

3. Pendlebury [1965]: Pendlebury, John D.. The Archaeology of Crete. Norton, 1965., 'Krousonas', pg. 325.