Site details

Malia: Chrysolakkos II

PK	C6031
TITLE	Malia: Chrysolakkos II
WGS84	35.298177° N, 25.49351° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.298177, 25.49351
LON/LAT	25.49351, 35.298177

DMS

35° 17' 53.4372" N

25° 29' 36.636" E

W3W	magistrates, clogging, unworn
UTM	35 S, 363026, 3907151
EGSA87	635646, 3906845

Elevation m	7
Elevation feet	23
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pedhiadha

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Tomb.   Soles [1992], 166    'The second of the tombs that occupy the site of Chrysolakkos is the largest of its class.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Soles [1992]: 170, ' While there is some MM Ia material in the trenches, ... '

2. Protopalatial: (2000 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Soles [1992]: 170, ' There is good ceramic and architectural evidence for dating Chrysolakkos II to the Protopalatial period.'

3. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Soles [1992]: 170, ' ..., Zois has demonstrated that the majority of the pottery belongs to the MM Ib/II phases, ... '

4. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Soles [1992]: 170, ' ..., Zois has demonstrated that the majority of the pottery belongs to the MM Ib/II phases, ... '

NOTE

1. This is an extended cemetery just to the N and E of the Mallia palace. The marker was placed on Chrysolakkos II. A full discussion of the entire complex is in Soles [1992] 160 ff. and see the useful diagram of Chrysolakkos II in Soles [1992] 167, 'Fig. 69.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Soles [1992]: Soles, Jeffrey S.. The Prepalatial Cemeteries at Mochlos and Gournia and the House Tombs of Bronze Age Crete. Hesperia Supplements (24), The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1992., '21. Mallia, Chrysolakkos II', pg. 166. Online here.