Site details

Lower Gypsadhes Circular Tomb

PK	C6260
TITLE	Lower Gypsadhes Circular Tomb
WGS84	35.2927° N, 25.161973° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	35.2927, 25.161973
LON/LAT	25.161973, 35.2927

DMS

35° 17' 33.72" N

25° 9' 43.1028" E

W3W	crowbar, elbow, mixer
UTM	35 S, 332867, 3907052
EGSA87	605507, 3905833

Elevation m	140
Elevation feet	459.3
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    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. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 183, 'Dating: MMIIIMMIIIA-LMIA; (Annexe room) c. MMIIIB-LMIA.'

2. Middle Minoan IIIA: (1750 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 183, 'Dating: MMIIIMMIIIA-LMIA; (Annexe room) c. MMIIIB-LMIA.'

3. Middle Minoan IIIB: (1700 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 183, 'Dating: MMIIIMMIIIA-LMIA; (Annexe room) c. MMIIIB-LMIA.'

4. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 183, 'Dating: MMIIIMMIIIA-LMIA; (Annexe room) c. MMIIIB-LMIA.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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, '20. Gypsadhes', pg. 183. Online here.