Site details

Vorou B

PK	C6285
TITLE	Vorou B
WGS84	35.089451° N, 25.030285° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	35.089451, 25.030285
LON/LAT	25.030285, 35.089451

DMS

35° 5' 22.0236" N

25° 1' 49.026" E

W3W	dregs, unite, conductor
UTM	35 S, 320444, 3884738
EGSA87	593766, 3883160

Elevation m	387
Elevation feet	1269.7
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. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 199, 'Dating: MMIA, MMIB/II.'

2. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 199, 'Dating: MMIA, MMIB/II.'

3. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 199, 'Dating: 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, '78. Vorou B', pg. 199. Online here.