Site details

Vorou A

PK	C6284
TITLE	Vorou A
WGS84	35.095157° N, 25.030564° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.095157, 25.030564
LON/LAT	25.030564, 35.095157

DMS

35° 5' 42.5652" N

25° 1' 50.0304" E

W3W	dilates, pianists, sender
UTM	35 S, 320482, 3885370
EGSA87	593785, 3883793

Elevation m	396
Elevation feet	1299.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kainourion

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. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 198, 'Dating: ?EMIII, MMIA, MMIB/II.'

2. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 198, 'Dating: ?EMIII, MMIA, MMIB/II.'

3. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 198, 'Dating: ?EMIII, MMIA, MMIB/II.'

4. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 198, 'Dating: ?EMIII, MMIA, MMIB/II.'

NOTE

1. The intersection to which Goodison and Guarita are referring ([2005] 198, 77. Vorou A) and which leads on to Vorou A and B is F4729.

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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, '77. Vorou A', pg. 198. Online here.