PKey Report
PKC6289
TITLESouth Coast 8B
WGS84 34.940386° N, 24.820742° E
Accuracy 10 m.

LAT/LON 34.940386, 24.820742
LON/LAT 24.820742, 34.940386

DMS 34° 56' 25.3896" N,24° 49' 14.6712" E

W3Woutsourced, elevating, tenders
UTM35 S, 300978, 3868600
EGSA87 574801, 3866451

Elevation m71
Elevation feet 232.9
RegionCrete
SubregionKainourion







GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tomb

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Blackman and Branigan [1975], 26    ' ... two small EM tholoi.'

2.    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: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)

    a.    Blackman and Branigan [1975]: 26, ' ..., were two small EM tholoi.'

2. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)

    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 197, 'Dating: ?EMI-?MMI.'

3. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)

    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 197, 'Dating: ?EMI-?MMI.'

4. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)

    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 197, 'Dating: ?EMI-?MMI.'

5. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)

    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 197, 'Dating: ?EMI-?MMI.'


BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Blackman and Branigan [1975]:  Blackman, D.J. and K. Branigan. ‘An Archaeological Survey on the South Coast of Crete, between the Ayiofarango and Chrisostomos’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (70), 17-36. 1975., 'SC8 (M)', pg. 26. 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, '70. South Coast 8 B', pg. 196. Online here.