Koumasa

Koumasa
Olaf Tausch · CC BY 3.0

Koumasa is a Prepalatial Minoan cemetery on Crete. Located between Loukia and Koumasa at the southern edge of the Mesara Plain near the Asterousia Mountains [1]. First excavated by Stephanos Xanthoudides in 1904–1906, the cemetery was re-examined in 1991–1992 by Alexandra Karetsou and Athanasia Kanta [1]. Since 2012, Heidelberg University has conducted systematic excavations and digital mapping [2].

TypeCemetery
Period4500 - 3000 BC
CountryGreece
Coordinates34.9835° N, 25.0130° E

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