Ayia Triadha Tholos A
| PK | C6123 |
| TITLE | Ayia Triadha Tholos A |
| WGS84 | 35.060231° N, 24.794283° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.060231, 24.794283 |
| LON/LAT | 24.794283, 35.060231 |
| DMS | 35° 3' 36.8316" N | , | 24° 47' 39.4188" E |
| W3W | leashes, strides, trailing |
| UTM | 35 S, 298855, 3881947 |
| EGSA87 | 572279, 3879722 |
| Elevation m | 32 |
| Elevation feet | 105 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Pyrgiotissa |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos
TYPE
1. Tholos. Eaby [2007], 134 'Near Tomb B is the large tholos (Tomb A), ... '2. Tomb. Pelon [1976], 8 'Les tombes circulaires A et B sont situées dans la nécropole d'Agia Triada, ... '
3. 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. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
a. Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 181, 'Dating: EMI-III, ... '
2. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Pelon [1976]: 10, 'Datation : MA II - MM II '
b. Eaby [2007]: 134, ' ..., which was used from EM II - MM II (~ 150 burials), and had a circular chamber ... '
c. Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 181, 'Dating: EMI-III, ... '
3. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 181, 'Dating: EMI-III, ... '
b. Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 181, '?EMIII, ... '
4. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
a. Pelon [1976]: 10, 'Datation : MA II - MM II '
b. Eaby [2007]: 134, ' ..., which was used from EM II - MM II (~ 150 burials), and had a circular chamber ... '
5. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
a. Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 181, 'Dating: ..., MMIA - B/ II, ...'
6. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
a. Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 181, 'Dating: ..., MMIA - B/ II, ...'
7. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
a. Pelon [1976]: 10, 'Datation : MA II - MM II '
b. Eaby [2007]: 134, ' ..., which was used from EM II - MM II (~ 150 burials), and had a circular chamber ... '
8. Middle Minoan IIIA: (1750 BC - 1700 BC)
a. Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 181, ' ..., last few burials MMIIIA; ... '
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., '93. Agia Triada', pg. 134.
Online here.
2. 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, '13. Ayia Triadha A', pg. 181.
Online here.
3. Pelon [1976]: Pelon, Olivier. Tholoi, tumuli et cercles funéraires; Recherches sur les monuments funéraires de plan circulaire dan l'Égée de l’Âge du Bronze (IIIe at IIe millénaires av. J.-C). Bibliothèques de l'École française d'Athènes et de Rome - Série Athènes, 229. 1976., '2. Agia Triada; Tombe A', pg. 89.
Online here.