Site details

Smari: Riza

PK	C6048
TITLE	Smari: Riza
WGS84	35.25545° N, 25.307661° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.25545, 25.307661
LON/LAT	25.307661, 35.25545

DMS

35° 15' 19.62" N

25° 18' 27.5796" E

W3W	anchored, wangled, reported
UTM	35 S, 346045, 3902685
EGSA87	618809, 3901867

Elevation m	311
Elevation feet	1020.3
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pedhiadha

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Eaby [2007], 132    ' ... fragments of G and O pithoi and cinerary urns, indicating a probable burial site.'
2.    Sherds.   Sjögren [2003], 139    Probably Cem. 'Sherds of pottery associated with burial activities, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 132, 'Furthermore, Chatzi-Vallianou states that a large SM-O cemetery likely existed here, ... '

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Sjögren [2003]: 139, 'G, O', '..., indicate the possibility of a burial site dating to the 8th and 7th centuries.'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 132, ' ... fragments of G and O pithoi and cinerary urns, ... '

3. Orientalizing: (700 BC - 630 BC)
    a.    Sjögren [2003]: 139, 'G, O', '..., indicate the possibility of a burial site dating to the 8th and 7th centuries.'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 132, ' ... fragments of G and O pithoi and cinerary urns, ... '

NOTES

1. Initially reported in Chatzi-Vallianou, 1980 'Smari in the Pediadha', (gk) AAA (13) pp. 20-60, 1980, p. 43.

2. The site is, according to Sjögren, a) N of Smari b) N of the Byzantine church of Hagios Georgios (F4593) Topoguide puts a tomb marker at just such a spot and this is what I have used.

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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., '89 Smari; B. Riza', pg. 132. Online here.

2. Sjögren [2003]: Sjögren, Lena. Cretan Locations; Discerning site variations in Iron Age and Archaic Crete (800 - 500 B.C.). BAR International Series, no 1185. BAR Publishing, Oxford, UK. 2003., 'C92. Smari: Riza', pg. 139.