Αρχαιολογική τοποθεσία

Type: Necropolis
Geographical area: Crete → Lassithi → Gulf of Mirabello

Chronological Period: From SM to PG
Date: From 11th c. BC to 10th c. BC.
Overall Phases of Use: From LM to PG

Minimum Total Number of Burials: 3, of which
adults: unknown
subadults: unknown
children: unknown

Contributors: A. Kotsonas

The cemetery of Lakkoi lies 1 km E/NE of Kritsa and 10 km W of Ag. Nikolaos. Three small tholos tombs with trapezoidal chambers have been excavated, but only two of them were used in the EIA.

Records

  • 1953-: Rescue Excavation by N. Platon (Greek Archaeological Service)
  • 1996-1997: Rescue Excavation by M. Tsipopulou & L. Vagnetti (Greek Archaeological Service, Istituto per gli SME)

References: Primary

  • Platon, N., 1953. Χρονικά, CretChron 7: 485–486
  • Tsipopoulou, M. & Vagnetti, L., 1996, Ricerche greco-italiane in Creta orientale (Kritsà Mirabello). Campagna 1996, SMEA 38: 190–192
  • Tsipopoulou, M. & Vagnetti, L., 1996, Ricerche greco-italiane in Creta orientale (Kritsà Mirabello). Campagna 1997, SMEA 39: 281–282
  • Tsipopoulou, M. & Vagnetti, L., 1996. Καθαρισμοί-Αποτύπωση. Κριτσά Μεραμπέλλου, ArchDelt 51: 659

References: Secondary

  • Eaby, M.S., 2007. Mortuary variability in Early Iron Age Cretan burials, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (unpublished PhD thesis): 36–38
  • Tsipopoulou, M., 2005. Η ανατολική Κρήτη στην Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου, Herakleion: 65

Written Sources

  • None

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