Site details

Kavousi Avgo: Trapeza

PK	C5092
TITLE	Kavousi Avgo: Trapeza
WGS84	35.11967° N, 25.885394° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	35.11967, 25.885394
LON/LAT	25.885394, 35.11967

DMS

35° 7' 10.812" N

25° 53' 7.4184" E

W3W	overtime, breather, squirrels
UTM	35 S, 398436, 3886883
EGSA87	671657, 3887652

Elevation m	481
Elevation feet	1578.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Ierapetra

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Building.   Pendlebury et al. [1933], 95    'Here, below the chapel of the Panagia, are the Cyclopean walls of a large rectangular building, perhaps a guardhouse.'
2.    Sherds.   Nowicki [2000], 100    '...potsherds were noted in places on the surface, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 100,  Size: 30000 sq. m.  Maximum: 'The area about 200 by 100 to 150 m is covered with potsherds dating to various periods.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Pendlebury et al. [1933]: 95, 'A few L.M. IIIb sherds were found here.'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 100, '..., a few fragments may have also represented the LM III period...'

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 100, '..., PG and G potsherds were noted in places on the surface, ...'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 100, '..., PG and G potsherds were noted in places on the surface, ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., '33. Kavousi Avgo: Trapeza and Melisses', pg. 100.

2. Pendlebury et al. [1933]: Pendlebury, J.D.S., M. B. Money-Coutts, E. Eccles. ‘Journeys in Crete, 1934’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (33) 80-100, 1932-1933., 'Kavousi, etc.', pg. 95. Online here.