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Ligortyno: North Tombs

PKC6043
TITLELigortyno: North Tombs
WGS84 35.078832° N, 25.174389° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 35.078832, 25.174389
LON/LAT 25.174389, 35.078832

DMS 35° 4' 43.7952" N,25° 10' 27.8004" E

W3Wmuddier, lightweight, consumption
UTM35 S, 333560, 3883309
EGSA87 606916, 3882127

Elevation m365
Elevation feet 1197.5
RegionCrete
SubregionMonophatsion





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Langohr [2009], 137    ' ..., deux tombes à chambre de plan ellipsoïdal ... '
2.    Tholos.   Eaby [2007], 110    ' ..., three LM IIIA-B tholos tombs with larnax burials were previously examined by Evans somewhere to the north of the village.'
3.    Tomb.   Kanta [1980], 83    'Two tombs have been found in the area of this village.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 83, ' ... the tomb must be dated to two chronological stages, the LM III A and the LM III B, ...'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 110, ' ..., three LM IIIA-B tholos tombs ... '

2. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 84, 'The sarcophagus with ducks on its gabled lid, now in the Louvre, is LM III A 2 in date.'
    b.    Langohr [2009]: 138, ' ... celles-ci ont été utilisées à partir du MR IIIA2 ... '

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 84, 'The use of the second tomb, however, started in LM III A 2 and continued well into III B.'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 110, ' ..., three LM IIIA-B tholos tombs ... '
    c.    Langohr [2009]: 138, ' ... réutilisées par la suite, au cours de la phase MR IIIB ... '

NOTES

1.  There are two tombs in this area, not three as Eaby [2007] 110 says.

2.  Placed notionally to the north of Ligortyno. This is a place-holder only.

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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., '70. Ligortynos', pg. 110. At the sentence starting 'In addition, three LM IIIA-B tholos tombs ... '
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., '7. Ligortyno', pg. 83.

3.  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., '2.4.11. Ligortyno', pg. 137. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6043 is at 34.95647° N, 25.16229° E, a straight-line distance of 13 km and 622 m.