Site details

Nirou Khani: Cem

PK	C6003
TITLE	Nirou Khani: Cem
WGS84	35.327179° N, 25.247526° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	35.327179, 25.247526
LON/LAT	25.247526, 35.327179

DMS

35° 19' 37.8444" N

25° 14' 51.0936" E

W3W	cower, noticeably, resold
UTM	35 S, 340715, 3910736
EGSA87	613238, 3909752

Elevation m	20
Elevation feet	65.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pedhiadha

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Langohr [2009], 61    ' ..., dans le banc d'une rivière, des tombes et des fragments de larnax sont identifiés, ...'
2.    Tomb.   Kanta [1980], 43    ' ..., traces of tombs and sarcophagi fragments were observed by Xanthoudidhis in 1924 ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 43, 'No. 7918 ... has a very squat shape similar to that of two stirrup jars from Palaiokastro ... whose date is given as LM III A 2.'

2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Langohr [2009]: 62, 'Les deux seules poteries qui étaient associées à cette sépulture sont deux vases à étrier, aux profils respectivement trapu et trapu-conique, de style MR IIIB.'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 43, 'The second stirrup jar ... has the squat globular shape so common in III B.'
    c.    Kanta [1980]: 43, ' ... it is clear that the tomb belongs to LM III B and not to LM II as Xanthoudidhis states.'

NOTE

1. Kanta [1980] 43 tells us that the tomb is 'Five hundred metres to the west of the megaron and on the west bank of the Vatheianos river, ... '

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Kanta [1980]: Kanta, Athanasia. The Late Minoan III Period in Crete; A Survey of Sites, Pottery and their Distribution. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg. Sweden. 1980., 'The 1924 tomb', pg. 43.

2. Langohr [2009]: Langohr, Charlotte. PERIPHEREIA: Étude régionale de la Crète aux Minoen Récent II-IIIB (1450-1200 av. J.-C.) 1 | La Crète centrale et occidentale, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Belgium, 2009., '2.1.6. Nirou Hani', pg. 61. Online here.