Site details

Aitonia: Phonia: Tziraki

PK	C5932
TITLE	Aitonia: Phonia: Tziraki
WGS84	35.268606° N, 25.218597° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.268606, 25.218597
LON/LAT	25.218597, 35.268606

DMS

35° 16' 6.9816" N

25° 13' 6.9492" E

W3W	salutes, cultural, endorsement
UTM	35 S, 337968, 3904286
EGSA87	610689, 3903223

Elevation m	279
Elevation feet	915.4
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pedhiadha

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Eaby [2007], 114    '..., a small rock-cut "burial cave" (chamber tomb?), ...'
2.    Tomb.   AR[2004], 78    'S. Madalaki ... reports, ..., on the discovery of a Geo tomb cut in bedrock.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AR[2004]: 78, '...a Geo tomb ...'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 114, '...an unknown number of Geometric cremations ...'

NOTES

1. Placed notionally on the town.

2. Eaby [2007], 114 mentions a second G chamber(?) tomb found in the same field in 1997.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[2004]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (51) 2004., 'Aitania, Phonias site (Tziraki field).', pg. 78. 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., '73. Aitania; A. Phonia', pg. 114. Online here.