PKey Report

PK	C6228
TITLE	Petsofas Peak Sanctuary
WGS84	35.187032° N, 26.278703° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.187032, 26.278703
LON/LAT	26.278703, 35.187032

DMS

35° 11' 13.3152" N

26° 16' 43.3308" E

W3W	buggy, assumes, prospective
UTM	35 S, 434330, 3894023
EGSA87	707331, 3895874

Elevation m	242
Elevation feet	794
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Peak Sanctuary

TYPE

1. Artifacts. Jones [1999], 77 Jones mentions fine ware, coarse ware, vases, figurines, balls, bronze blades, stone offering tables, lamp.

2.    Peak Sanctuary.   Muller [2015], 114    'The first example comprises the Minoan peak sanctuary on Petsophas.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)

    a.    Muller [2015]: 115 ' ... the initial phase of occupation, during the Protopalatial period (starting in MMI), ... '

    b.    Jones [1999]: 77 'MM I - IIB'

2. Middle Minoan IIA: (1850 BC - 1775 BC)

    a.    Jones [1999]: 77 'MM I - IIB'

3. Middle Minoan IIB: (1775 BC - 1750 BC)

    a.    Jones [1999]: 77 'MM I - IIB'

4. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)

    a.    Muller [2015]: 116 'A second phase, during the Neopalatial period (MM III/LM I), ... '

    b.    Jones [1999]: 77 'MM III - LM I'

5. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)

    a.    Muller [2015]: 114 'A second phase, during the Neopalatial period (MM III/LM I), ... '

    b.    Jones [1999]: 77 'MM III - LM I'

NOTES

1. See the diagram of Petsophas reproduced in Müller[2015] p. 115, Fig. 2.

2. Additional Biblio: Myres [1902], 356 ff.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Jones [1999]: Jones, Douglas W.. Peak Sanctuaries and Sacred Caves in Minoan Crete; A Comparison of Artifacts. Paul Åstroms förlag, Jonsered, Sweden. 1999., 'Appendix Table.. Chronology of Artifacts at Minoan Nature Sanctuaries', pg. 77.

2. Muller [2015]: Müller, Kathrin. ‘Defining Minoan "Cult Rooms"’, Cappel et al., eds. [2015], pp. 109 - 124, 'The Peak Sanctuary on Petsophas', pg. 114. Online here.

3. Myres [1902]: Myres, J.L.. ‘Excavations at Palaikastro. II. § 13. - The Sanctuary-Site of Petsofa’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (9), pp. 274-387. 1902-3., '', Online here.

4. Nowicki [1994]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. ‘Some Remarks on the Pre- and Protopalatial Peak Sanctuaries in Crete’, AEA(1), 31-48, 1994., 'Petsofas', pg. 46. Online here.