Site details

Tranos Kanakis/Kanaki

PK	C7170
TITLE	Tranos Kanakis∕Kanaki
WGS84	37.01991° N, 25.572832° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	37.01991, 25.572832
LON/LAT	25.572832, 37.01991

DMS

37° 1' 11.676" N

25° 34' 22.1952" E

W3W	washy, encoded, objectivity
UTM	35 S, 373045.68, 4098033.16
EGSA87	639765, 4097949

Elevation m	19
Elevation feet	62.3
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Naxos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Renfrew [2011], 11431    'Two kandiles of the Grotta-Peloss culture are in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford ... And stone slabs (plakes) in the fields confirm that .... '
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 332    '..., reported to be the source of 2 GP stone vases in the Ashmolean Museum.'
3.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 332    'There are indications of a destroyed cemetery c. 1 km. N of Xerakrotiro, ... '
4.    Cist Tomb.   Renfrew [2011], 11431    ' ... confirm that there was a cist grave cemetery at this spot.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Grotta-Pelos: (3000 BC - 2600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 332, 'GP?'
    b.    Renfrew [2011]: 11431, 'Two kandiles of the Grotta-Pelos culture ... '

NOTES

1. Page numbers in Renfrew [2011] are, in actuality, location numbers in the electronic edition, ISBN 978-1-78570-773-5.

2. Position taken from Doumas [1977] 13, Fig. 2, no. 20.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Doumas [1977]: Doumas,Christos. Early Bronze Age Burial Habits in the Cyclades. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, 48, Paul Astroms Forlag, Johannesbergsgatan 24, Goteborg, Sweden. 1977., '',

2. Renfrew [2011]: Renfrew, Colin. The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millenium BC. Oxbow Books. Second ed., 2011 (First edition 1972), '31. Kanaki ... ', pg. 11431. Online here.

3. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'Kanaki', pg. 332. Online here.