Aigidomandra: Tholos
| PK | C6045 |
| TITLE | Aigidomandra: Tholos |
| WGS84 | 35.131469° N, 24.704951° E |
| Accuracy | Unknown |
| LAT/LON | 35.131469, 24.704951 |
| LON/LAT | 24.704951, 35.131469 |
| DMS | 35° 7' 53.2884" N | , | 24° 42' 17.8236" E |
| W3W | varsity, intensively, executive |
| UTM | 35 S, 290889.46, 3890033.45 |
| EGSA87 | 564077, 3887561 |
| Elevation m | 209 |
| Elevation feet | 685.7 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Amari |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Kanta [1997], 234 'There were fragments of more than one sarcophagus, ... and a bronze ring.'2. Pottery. Kanta [1997], 234 ' ..., some vases ... '
3. Tholos. Kanta [1997], 234 ' ..., a LM IIIA-B tholos tomb was excavated.'
4. Tholos. Langohr [2009], 141 ' ..., une troisième petite tombe à tholos ... '
5. Tomb. Pelon [1998], 134 'Cette tombe ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
a. Langohr [2009]: 141, ' ...; la céramique est diagnostique des MR IIIA ... '
b. Pelon [1998]: 134, 'Datation : MR IIIA-B'
c. Kanta [1997]: 234, ' ..., a LM IIIA-B tholos tomb was excavated.'
2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Langohr [2009]: 141, ' ... diagnostique des MR IIIA et MR IIIB ... '
b. Pelon [1998]: 134, 'Datation : MR IIIA-B'
c. Kanta [1997]: 234, ' ..., a LM IIIA-B tholos tomb was excavated.'
NOTE
1. This is unlikely to be the correct position or anywhere near it. The Aigidomandra tomb is about 4 km. SW of Apodoulos (F2571). But this leaves a wide range of possible error. Our sources tell us that the tomb was discovered during road-building and so is obviously associated with a road. Unfortunately there are many candidate roads in this area. My placement is, therefore, notional and the accuracy is set to 'unknown'.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. BCHS30 [1997]: Driessen, Jan and Alexandre Farnoux (eds/). La Crète Mycénienne. l'École française d'Athènes, '',
2. Kanta [1997]: Kanta, Athanasia. ‘Late Bronze Age tholos tombs, origins and evolution. The missing links’, In BCHS30 [1997] pp. 229-248, 'Four km to the south-east of Apodhoulou, ... ', pg. 234.
Online here.
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., '2.5.3. Aigidomandra; Tombes', pg. 141.
Online here.
4. Pelon [1998]: Pelon, Olivier. ‘Les tombes circulaires dans l'Égée de l'âge du Bronze : état des recherches sur les tombes à Tholos’, Topoi (8:1), pp. 95-158. [1998]., 'Aigidomandra', pg. 134.
Online here.