Site details

Mochlos

PK	C4045
TITLE	Mochlos
WGS84	35.186575° N, 25.906386° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.186575, 25.906386
LON/LAT	25.906386, 35.186575

DMS

35° 11' 11.67" N

25° 54' 22.9896" E

W3W	whipped, summoned, opal
UTM	35 S, 400431, 3894281
EGSA87	673428, 3895109

Elevation m	6
Elevation feet	19.7
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AR[1995], 46    ' ... the discovery of new masterpieces of Minoan art: a stirrup jar painted with two large tripuses (not octopuses), ... '
2.    Building.   Soles and Davaras [1996], 210    'Remains of a second LM III building, House B, were found in 1992...'
3.    Settlement.   Myers et al. [1992], 187    '...a small town that became prosperous by trading in the Aegean.', 'In the New Palace period the town flourished again, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Myers et al. [1992]  p. 188,  Size: 59395 sq. m.  On Mochlos itself. The area of a circle with diameter of 275 m: 'Mochlos, a small island, about 250 x 300 m, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 192, 'EM II - MMIA Cemetery with twenty-four house-tombs ...'

2. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 192, 'EM II - MMIA Cemetery with twenty-four house-tombs ...'

3. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 192, 'MM IB - II Cemetery largely abandoned, ...'

4. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 192, 'MM IB - II Cemetery largely abandoned, ...'

5. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 192, 'MM III - LM I Town with four blocks of houses along south shore.'

6. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 192, ''MM III - LM I Town with four blocks of houses along south shore.'

7. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    AR[1995]: 67, 'All of these samples should produce good absolute dates for LM IB/II deposits.'

8. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    AR[1995]: 67, 'All of these samples should produce good absolute dates for LM IB/II deposits.'

9. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 192, 'LM IIIA - IIIB House on island; small cemetery of chamber tombs on the coast opposite the island, behind the modern village.'

10. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 192, 'LM IIIA - IIIB House on island; small cemetery of chamber tombs on the coast opposite the island, behind the modern village.'
    b.    Soles and Davaras [1996]: 210, '...the building was dated tentatively to the IIIB period ...'

NOTES

1.  Site contributed by Professor S. Murray, University of Toronto.

2.  The island of Mochlos has been, since 1989, the subject of investigation under the sponsorship of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.  The current directors are Jeffrey Soles, professor emeritus of University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Costis Davaras, professor emeritus of the University of Athens.  The project page is here.  The Mycenaean settlement (LM IIIA1 - LM IIIB) is described (with excellent drawings and plans) here.  A very useful list of their fine publications is here along with a supplemental bibliography of Mochlos-related articles and books at the bottom of that same page.

3.  A publication on the settlement (Soles et al. [2022]) is to appear shortly.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1995]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (42) 1995-1996., 'Mochlos', pg. 46. Online here.

2. Soles et al. [2022]: Jeffrey S. Soles et al.. Mochlos IVA: Period III. The House of the Metal Merchant and Other Buildings in the Neopalatial Town. INSTAP Academic Press, '', 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., '25 Mochlos', pg. 186.

4. Soles and Davaras [1996]: Soles, Jeffrey S. and Costis Davaras. ‘Excavations at Mochlos, 1992-1993’, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (65:2), pp. 175-230 1996., 'Mycenaean Period; Mochlos Island', pg. 210. Online here.