Site details

Kommos: Harbor

PK	C1694
TITLE	Kommos: Harbor
WGS84	35.013616° N, 24.760675° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.013616, 24.760675
LON/LAT	24.760675, 35.013616

DMS

35° 0' 49.0176" N

24° 45' 38.43" E

W3W	surveyors, itchy, receipts
UTM	35 S, 295674, 3876845
EGSA87	569253, 3874529

Elevation m	12
Elevation feet	39.4
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pyrgiotissa

GENERAL SITE TYPE Harbor

TYPE

1.    Harbor.   Shaw and Shaw [1991], 423    Kommos was a well-known port during Minoan and Greek periods: ".. the Minoan and Greek site of Kommos on southern Crete ..."
2.    Harbor.   Myers et al. [1992], 148    ' ..., Kommos, which was presumably the chief harbor town of Phaistos.'
3.    Settlement.   Myers et al. [1992], 148    'In the Minoan town, well-preserved contexts have provided a clear definition of Middle Minoan III - Late Minoan I ceramic sequences ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 151, 'Town founded in MM I, with rapid growth ... ', 'To the south MM I - II houses ...'

2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 151, 'To the south MM I - II houses ...'

3. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 151, ' ... with rapid growth peaking in MM III.

4. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 151, 'LM I Densely packed houses of rough stone on hilltop, ... '

5. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Shaw and Shaw [1991]: 431, But Mycenaean presence is controversial. Shaw and Shaw [1991] discuss the issues on 431.

6. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Shaw and Shaw [1991]: 431, Controversial. The pottery is inconclusive.
    b.    Myers et al. [1992]: 148,

7. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Shaw and Shaw [1991]: 432, Controversial. The pottery is inconclusive.
    b.    Myers et al. [1992]: 148,

8. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 148,

NOTE

1. I have not been able to determine the size of this habitation.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Driessen and Farnoux [1991]: Driessen, Jan and Alexandre Farnoux (eds.). La Crète Mycénienne. Actes de la Table Ronde Internationale organisée par l'École française d'Athènes. 26-28 Mars, 1991., '', pg. 423. Online here.

2. Myers et al. [1992]: Myers, J. Wilson and Eleanor Emlen Myers, Gerald Cadogan. The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles. United States of America. 1992., '18 Kommos', pg. 148.

3. Shaw and Shaw [1991]: Shaw, Joseph and Maria C. Shaw. ‘Mycenaean "Kommos"’, Driessen and Farnoux [1991], pp. 423-434, , 'Mycenaean "Kommos"', pg. 423. Online here.