Site details

Chamber Tomb: Kalami: AR1869

PK	C7392
TITLE	Chamber Tomb: Kalami: AR1869
WGS84	35.459942° N, 24.149885° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	35.459942, 24.149885
LON/LAT	24.149885, 35.459942

DMS

35° 27' 35.7912" N

24° 8' 59.586" E

W3W	swirling, sidebar, offshore
UTM	35 S, 241350.81, 3927784.69
EGSA87	513452, 3923772

Elevation m	17
Elevation feet	55.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Apokoronas

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH Online, 1869    'E. Papadopoulou (ΚΕ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports on a tomb excavated in 2008.', 'The two underground chambers are unusual: ... '
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Galanakis [2017], 91    'At Aptera near Chania (ID1869), a chamber tomb was discovered some 150m northwest of five other Late Minoan IIIA2-B chamber tombs ... at Kalami.'
3.    Pottery.   BCH Online, 1869    'The five vessels in the dromos (jars, an incense burner and cups) are a typical assemblage associated with rituals concerning the dead.'
4.    Pottery.   Galanakis [2017], 91    ' ... its excavation yielded some 100 vessels dating from LM II to LM IIIA.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1869, 'Some of the decorated wares are smaller shapes dating to LMII ... '
    b.    Galanakis [2017]: 91, ' ... dating from LM II to LM IIIA.'

2. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1869, ' ..., juglets and domestic wares, date to LMIIIA.'
    b.    Galanakis [2017]: 91, ' ... dating from LM II to LM IIIA.'

NOTE

1. This tomb lies about 150 m. NW of C5744 which is another collection of chamber tombs. "This lies 150m northwest (Fig. 1) of five other LMIIIA2-B chamber tombs excavated in the late 1960s at Kalami."

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Aptera - 2008', no. 1869. Online here.

2. Galanakis [2017]: Galanakis, Yannis. ‘A survey of Late Bronze Age funerary archaeology over the last 25 years in the central and southern Aegean’, Archaeology in Greece (64), pp. 85-101, ''At Aptera near Chania (ID1869), ... '', pg. 91. Online here.