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Paleoskoutella

PKC6862
TITLEPaleoskoutella
WGS84 35.49012° N, 34.284365° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.49012, 34.284365
LON/LAT 34.284365, 35.49012

DMS 35° 29' 24.432" N,34° 17' 3.714" E

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UTM36 S, 616500.51, 3928155.86
EGSA87 1434322, 3976105

Elevation m54
Elevation feet 177.2
RegionCyprus





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Göransson [2012], 407    'The necropolis of Paleoskoutella ... '
2.    Cem.   Hatzaki and Keswani [2012], 317    'At the MC cemetery of Paleoskoutella, ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Cypriot: (2000 BC - 1650 BC)
    a.    Hatzaki and Keswani [2012]: 317, 'At the MC cemetery of Paleoskoutella, ... '

2. Middle Cypriot III: (1750 BC - 1650 BC)
    a.    Göransson [2012]: 407, 'The tombs date from Middle Cypriote III (1725-1600).'

NOTE

1.  Detailed floor plans of the burial chambers are in Hatzaki and Keswani [2012] 316, Figs. 17.3 and 17.4.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Cadogan et al. [2012]:  Cadogan, Gerald and Maria Iacovou, Katerina Kopaka, James Whitley. Parallel Lives; Ancient Island Societies in Crete and Cyprus. British School at Athens Studies, no. 20. London, UK. 2012., '',

2.  Göransson [2012]:  Göransson, Kristian. ‘The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, The Cyprus collections in Stockholm and the Swedish Excavations after the SCE’, Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes (42) pp. 399-421, 'Paleoskoutella', pg. 407. Online here.

3.  Hatzaki and Keswani [2012]:  Hatzaki, Eleni and Priscilla Schuster Keswani. ‘Mortuary practices and ideology in Bronze Age - Early Iron Age Crete and Cyprus: comparative perspectives’, In Cadogan et al. [2012] pp. 307 - 330, '', pg. 317. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6862 is at 35.48568° N, 34.29057° E, a straight-line distance of 749 m.