Site details

Galatas: Cem

PK	C6026
TITLE	Galatas: Cem
WGS84	35.511689° N, 23.954271° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	35.511689, 23.954271
LON/LAT	23.954271, 35.511689

DMS

35° 30' 42.0804" N

23° 57' 15.3756" E

W3W	flaunting, slowed, tweezer
UTM	34 S, 767932, 3933804
EGSA87	495704, 3929502

Elevation m	15
Elevation feet	49.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kydhonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Kanta [1980], 234    'Possible chamber tombs have been sighted here.'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Hood [1965], 108    '2. Possible traces of L.M. III chamber tombs were noted by Hood and Cadogan ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood [1965]: 108, '2. Possible traces of L.M. III chamber tombs ...'
    b.    Hood [1965]: 108, 'Four joining fragments of orange clay with surface worn might belong to a jar of L.M. III date; ...'

NOTE

1. Kanta [1908] 234 cites Hood [1965] 108.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hood [1965]: Hood, M.S.F.. ‘Minoan Sites in the Far West of Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (60), pp. 99-113, 1965., 'C. 6. Galatas', pg. 108. Online here.

2. 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., '17. Galatas', pg. 234.