Praisos Skales
| PK | C2646 |
| TITLE | Praisos Skales |
| WGS84 | 35.128897° N, 26.085609° E |
| Accuracy | 10 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.128897, 26.085609 |
| LON/LAT | 26.085609, 35.128897 |
| DMS | 35° 7' 44.0292" N | , | 26° 5' 8.1924" E |
| W3W | triangle, detailing, global |
| UTM | 35 S, 416690, 3887720 |
| EGSA87 | 689882, 3889039 |
| Elevation m | 176 |
| Elevation feet | 577.4 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Siteia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Myers et al. [1992], 256 'Deposits in Skales cave, ... '2. Cult. Papadakis and Rutkowski [1985], 134 'Later on, judging from one or two LM finds, we cannot altogether rule out the possibility that the grotto was visited for cult purposes.'
3. Sherds. Marshall and Bosanquet [1901], 235
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Marshall and Bosanquet [1901]: 235, 'Within the cave we were only able to examine a part of the floor ... It yielded some early Bronze Age pottery, ...'
2. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Myers et al. [1992]: 256, 'N, MM, LM, and G Deposits in Skales cave, ...'
3. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
a. Papadakis and Rutkowski [1985]: 134, 'If these really were fragments of Kamares Ware, they may suggest that in MM II the cave's function had changed.'
4. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Papadakis and Rutkowski [1985]: 134, '...one or two LM finds, ...'
b. Myers et al. [1992]: 256, 'N, MM, LM, and G Deposits in Skales cave, ...'
5. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Papadakis and Rutkowski [1985]: 135, 'Late Minoan I'
6. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Papadakis and Rutkowski [1985]: 135, 'Late Minoan IIIB'
7. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Papadakis and Rutkowski [1985]: 135, 'Late Minoan IIIB or IIIC'
8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Papadakis and Rutkowski [1985]: 136, 'Geometric'
b. Marshall and Bosanquet [1901]: 236, '...: and a quantity of geometric pottery, ...'
c. Myers et al. [1992]: 256, 'N, MM, LM, and G Deposits in Skales cave, ...'
NOTES
1. For the position of the Skales cave see Nowicki [2000] 60, fig. 16. Site contributed by Professor S. Murray, University of Toronto.
2. Good summaries in Myers [1992] 256, 'I. IMPORTANCE', and in Lauffer ed. [1999], s.v. 'Praisos', 564.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Lauffer ed. [1999]: Lauffer, Siegfried (ed.). Griechenland; Lexikon des historischen Stätten; Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg, 1999., 'Praisos', pg. 564.
2. Marshall and Bosanquet [1901]: Marshall, J.H. and R.C. Bosanquet. ‘Excavations at Praesos. I’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (8), 231-270. 1901., '3. - The Cave of Skalais', pg. 235.
Marshall and Bosanquet do not explicitly denominate this site a cemetery but they do say 'human remains were much scattered and decomposed'.
Online here.
3. 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., '37 Praisos', pg. 256.
4. Nowicki [2000]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Defensible Sites in Crete; c. 1200 - 800 B.C. (LM IIIB/IIIC through Early Geometric). Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 21., 'Fig. 16. Praisos (after Bosanquet)', pg. 60.
5. Papadakis and Rutkowski [1985]: Papadakis, N. and B. Rutkowski. ‘New Research at Skales Cave near Praisos’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (80), pp. 129-137. 1985., 'New Research at Skales Cave near Praisos', pg. 129.
Online here.