Αρχαιολογική τοποθεσία
Type: Necropolis
Geographical area: Crete → Lassithi → Kavousi plain, Gulf of Mirabello
Chronological Period: From EA to EA
Date: From 7th c. BC to 7th c. BC.
Overall Phases of Use: -
Minimum Total Number of Burials: 4, of which
adults: unknown
subadults: unknown
children: unknown
Contributors: A. Kotsonas
Chondrovolakes lies 300 m. NE of Kavousi Vronda. Boyd found 4 "shaft graves", of average size 2.6 x 0.7 m., probably with cremations (no bones were found). The area also yielded LG pottery.
Records
- 1901-1903: Rescue Excavation by H. A. Boyd (American School of Classical Studies at Athens)
- 1988-1996: Extensive Survey by D. C. Haggis (American School of Classical Studies at Athens)
References: Primary
- Boyd, H.A., 1905. Excavations at Kavousi, Crete, in 1900, AJA 5: 154–155
References: Secondary
- Eaby, M.S., 2007. Mortuary variability in Early Iron Age Cretan burials, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (unpublished PhD thesis): 52–53
- Tsipopoulou, M., 2005. Η ανατολική Κρήτη στην Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου, Herakleion: 37
Written Sources
- None
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