Site details

Smari: Tholos

PK	C6118
TITLE	Smari: Tholos
WGS84	35.2483° N, 25.297166° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.2483, 25.297166
LON/LAT	25.297166, 35.2483

DMS

35° 14' 53.88" N

25° 17' 49.7976" E

W3W	ideal, lances, incomers
UTM	35 S, 345077, 3901908
EGSA87	617865, 3901061

Elevation m	421
Elevation feet	1381.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pedhiadha

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Kanta [1980], 69    'Fragments of pithoi and sarcophagi were found at the Leivadhitsa location.'
2.    Tholos.   Eaby [2007], 132    'An LM IIIB tholos tomb was excavated at this location ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 132, 'An LM IIIB tholos tomb ... '

NOTE

1. The area of Leivadhitsa or Livadhitsa is at F3784.

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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; C. Leivaditsa', pg. 132. 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., '14. Smari', pg. 69.