Site details

Pandanassa: Veni

PK	C5103
TITLE	Pandanassa: Veni
WGS84	35.267067° N, 24.600098° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.267067, 24.600098
LON/LAT	24.600098, 35.267067

DMS

35° 16' 1.4412" N

24° 36' 0.3528" E

W3W	denominator, cult, carnation
UTM	35 S, 281697, 3905301
EGSA87	554433, 3902537

Elevation m	706
Elevation feet	2316.3
Region	Crete
Subregion	Amari

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 197    '...which of the two sites was historic Sybrita...'
2.    hab.   Hood et al. [1964], 70    'The high ridge above the monastery ... was recognized as the site of a small ancient city by Spratt...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Minoan: (3100 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 70, 'Sherds gathered by us from the central part of the site included some Minoan, ...'

2. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 198, 'The earliest occupation is represented by a scatter of EM III/MM I-II potsherds...'

3. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 198, 'The earliest occupation is represented by a scatter of EM III/MM I-II potsherds...'

4. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 198, 'The earliest occupation is represented by a scatter of EM III/MM I-II potsherds...'

5. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 70, '..., included a scrap of L.M. IA type polychrome ware, ...'

6. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 70, '...; also four tripod feet, two of thick oval, two of circular section (L.M. III ?).'

7. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 199, '... the borders of the LM IIIC-PG site, ...'

8. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 199, '... the borders of the LM IIIC-PG site, ...'

9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 70, '..., together with Geometric (?) ...,'

NOTE

1. A more detailed mapping of the remains found in Veni is in Nowicki [2000] 198, Fig. 117.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hood et al. [1964]: Hood, Sinclair and Peter Warren, Gerald Cadogan . ‘Travels in Crete, 1962’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (59), pp. 50-99, 1964., '21. Veni Monastery', pg. 70. Online here.

2. 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., '93. Pandanassa Veni', pg. 197.