Site details

Agios Vlasis: Cem

PK	C6127
TITLE	Agios Vlasis: Cem
WGS84	35.255217° N, 25.133485° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.255217, 25.133485
LON/LAT	25.133485, 35.255217

DMS

35° 15' 18.7812" N

25° 8' 0.546" E

W3W	unlaced, ingested, raspberries
UTM	35 S, 330198, 3902943
EGSA87	602964, 3901646

Elevation m	287
Elevation feet	941.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    cem.   Sjögren [2003], 138    'G pottery connected with tombs.'
2.    Pottery.   Platon and Davaras [1960], 524    'From Ag. Vlasios site 4 geometric vessels ... '
3.    Tombs.   Eaby [2007], 143    'Geometric pottery was recorded in connection with tombs found somewhere near the modern village, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 143, Possibly a quite different site. 'LM III chamber tombs have also been recorded in the vicinity of the village.'

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Sjögren [2003]: 138, 'G pottery connected with tombs.'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 143, 'Geometric pottery was recorded ... '
    c.    Platon and Davaras [1960]: 524, ' ... four Geometric vessels ... '

NOTE

1. This marker placed notionally 'near' Ag. Vlasios. I can find no further location info.

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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., '99. Agios Vlasios', pg. 143. Online here.

2. Platon and Davaras [1960]: Platon, N. and K. Davaras. ‘Archaeological Activity in Crete for the year 1960’, Kretika Chronika (14), 504-527, 1960., '', pg. 524. Online here.

3. 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., 'C83. Ag. Vlasios', pg. 138.