Site details

Kamilari: Tholos Tomb A

PK	C6041
TITLE	Kamilari: Tholos Tomb A
WGS84	35.045372° N, 24.786866° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.045372, 24.786866
LON/LAT	24.786866, 35.045372

DMS

35° 2' 43.3392" N

24° 47' 12.7176" E

W3W	flood, cucumber, organic
UTM	35 S, 298142, 3880314
EGSA87	571615, 3878069

Elevation m	66
Elevation feet	216.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pyrgiotissa

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Eaby [2007], 137    'A well-known, large MM IB - LM IIIA2 tholos tomb with circular chamber ... '
2.    Tholos.   Langohr [2009], 115    ' ..., une grande tome de plan circulaire, ... ', '...; elle est appelee la Tholos I de Kamilari ...'
3.    Tholos.   Myers et al. [1992], 112    'The tholos tomb at Kamilari ... '
4.    Tomb.   Kanta [1980], 101    'The circular tomb of Kamilaris near Phaestos contained some burials and vases ...'
5.    Tomb.   Goodison and Guarita [2005], 171    'The Mesara-type tombs are circular stone-built structures a number of which show traces of an original corbelled 'tholos' roof.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 112, 'MM IB - LM IIIA2 tomb.'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 137, ' ..., large MM IB - LM IIIA2 tholos tomb ... '
    c.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 185, 'Dating: MMIB - MMIII, LMI (Re-use in LMIIIA2).'

2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 112, 'MM IB - LM IIIA2 tomb.'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 137, ' ..., large MM IB - LM IIIA2 tholos tomb ... '
    c.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 185, 'Dating: MMIB - MMIII, LMI (Re-use in LMIIIA2).'

3. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 185, 'Dating: MMIB - MMIII, LMI (Re-use in LMIIIA2).'

4. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 185, 'Dating: MMIB - MMIII, LMI (Re-use in LMIIIA2).'

5. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Langohr [2009]: 116, ' ... sa réutilisation au MR III pour des enterrements ... '

6. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 101, ' ... of LM III A date.'

7. Late Minoan IIIA1: (1420 BC - 1390 BC)
    a.    Langohr [2009]: 116, ' ... poteries attribuées aux phases MR IIIA1 et MR IIIA2 sont découvertes, ... '
    b.    Langohr [2009]: 116, ' A ces enterrements MR IIIA1-MR IIIA2 sont également associés des sceaux, des bijoux et un miroir en bronze ... ... '
    c.    Kanta [1980]: 101, 'The LM III vases belong to two phases: the LM III A I and the LM III A 2, ... '
    d.    Myers et al. [1992]: 112, 'MM IB - LM IIIA2 tomb.'
    e.    Eaby [2007]: 137, ' ..., large MM IB - LM IIIA2 tholos tomb ... '

8. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Langohr [2009]: 116, ' ... poteries attribuées aux phases MR IIIA1 et MR IIIA2 sont découvertes, ... '
    b.    Langohr [2009]: 116, ' A ces enterrements MR IIIA1-MR IIIA2 sont également associés des sceaux, des bijoux et un miroir en bronze ... '
    c.    Kanta [1980]: 101, 'The LM III vases belong to two phases: the LM III A I and the LM III A 2, ... '
    d.    Myers et al. [1992]: 112, 'MM IB - LM IIIA2 tomb.'
    e.    Eaby [2007]: 137, ' ..., large MM IB - LM IIIA2 tholos tomb ... '
    f.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 185, 'Dating: MMIB - MMIII, LMI (Re-use in LMIIIA2).'

9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 137, ' ... has identified four Geometric (possibly PG and G) vessels ... '

NOTES

1.  A fine photograph of this site in Myers et al. [1992] 113.

2.  'The Kamilari Project Publication' Rivista di Archeologia XXXV 2011 [2013], pp. 123-136, Luca Girella, https://www.academia.edu/3990078/The_Kamilari_Project_Publication

3.  For more see Girella [2017].

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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., '95. Kamilari; B. Gligori Koriphi', pg. 136. Online here.

2. Girella [2017]: Girella, Luca. ‘The Kamilari Tholos Tombs Project: New light on an old excavation’, 11th International Cretological Congress, Rethymno, 21-27 October 2011, Rethymno. 2018, '', Online here.

3. Goodison and Guarita [2005]: Goodison, Lucy and Carlos Guarita. ‘A New Catalogue of the Mesara-Type Tombs’, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici [47], pp. 171-212, 2005, '25. Kamilari A', pg. 184. Online here.

4. 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., '2. Kamilaris', pg. 101.

5. 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., '2.4.2. Kamilari', pg. 115. Online here.

6. Myers et al. [1992]: Myers, J. Wilson and Eleanor Emlen Myers, Gerald Cadogan. The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles. United States of America. 1992., '14 Kamilari', pg. 112.