Site details

Tylissos: Atsolou

PK	C5925
TITLE	Tylissos: Atsolou
WGS84	35.295759° N, 25.013242° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.295759, 25.013242
LON/LAT	25.013242, 35.295759

DMS

35° 17' 44.7324" N

25° 0' 47.6712" E

W3W	phrases, ministries, insides
UTM	35 S, 319348, 3907653
EGSA87	591979, 3906024

Elevation m	213
Elevation feet	698.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Malevyzion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Eaby [2007], 108    'In 1929, Marinatos excavated an LM IIIC - SM/PG isolated chamber tomb at the southwest edge of the village at Atsolou.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 109, 'The excavator dated the tomb to "LM - just before SM,"...'

2. Late Minoan IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 108, '..., and Furumark dated the stirrup jars to LM IIIB2C.'

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 108, '..., though Desborough, Pini, Davares, Lorimer, and Snodgrass claim a SM - PG date.'

4. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 109, 'The excavator dated the tomb to "LM - just before SM,"...'

NOTE

1. Placed notionally at the south-west edge of the village

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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., '68. Tylissos; A. Atsolou', pg. 108. Online here.