Monastiraki
| PK | C5108 |
| TITLE | Monastiraki |
| WGS84 | 35.231095° N, 24.670601° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.231095, 24.670601 |
| LON/LAT | 24.670601, 35.231095 |
| DMS | 35° 13' 51.942" N | , | 24° 40' 14.1636" E |
| W3W | sentiment, understanding, premiums |
| UTM | 35 S, 288018, 3901158 |
| EGSA87 | 560873, 3898588 |
| Elevation m | 349 |
| Elevation feet | 1145 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Amari |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Palace
TYPE
1. Palace. AR[2006], 114 Exploration of the E part of the palatial center.2. Palace. Myers et al. [1992], 194 '...: both features argue a palatial character for the site.'
3. Settlement. Kanta [1980], 206 '..., a site partially excavated by the schoolmaster ...'
4. Settlement. Pendlebury [1965], 293 'Site at Agia Kyriake ...'
5. Settlement. Hood et al. [1964], 75 'This site of an important Minoan town on a hill about five minutes below the village to the north...'
SITE SIZE
- Hood et al. [1964] p. 76, Size: 30000 sq. m. 'The Minoan town seems to have covered an area of 200 m. or more from west to east, by 150 m. from north to south.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Myers et al. [1992]: 194, 'MM (Old Palace period)'
b. Hood et al. [1964]: 76, 'They distinguished three periods of occupation, of which the second ended in a great destruction by fire, datable to a mature phase of M.M.'
2. Middle Minoan IIB: (1775 BC - 1750 BC)
a. AR[2006]: 114, '..., the E complex has primarily a storage ... and craft character; but this is true only of its last phase (MM IIB).'
3. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 206, '... (Pendlebury) ...classifies it under sites of LM date not assigned to any particular period.'
b. Pendlebury [1965]: 293, '...LATE MINOAN DATE...'
4. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Hood et al. [1964]: 76, '...it is therefore possible that the final destruction or abandonment of the town dates from L.M. I, if not from L.M. IB.'
5. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Hood et al. [1964]: 76, '... the final destruction or abandonment of the town dates from L.M. I, if not from L.M. IB.'
NOTES
1. The first volume of the site report, Monastiraki I., Missione Monastiraki, Campagne 2002/2004 was edited by Athanasia Kanta and Massimilian Marazzi. Published in Naples in 2006 it may be found online here.
2. Documentation of GIS, 3D modelling, and other digital techniques for this site may be found in the very informative publication from CEM (Centro Interistituzionale Euromediterraneo per i Beni Culturali) A Minoan Palace on the Slopes of Mount Ida; A preliminary study for the creation of an archaeological park in the Valley of Amari - Crete, Naples, 2008. The book is credited to F. Cammarota et al. It is online here.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AR[2006]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (53) 2006., 'Monastiraki', pg. 114.
Online here.
2. 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., '27. Monastiraki; (1) 'Kharakas'', pg. 75.
Online here.
3. Kanta [1980]: Kanta, Athanasia. The Late Minoan III Period in Crete; A Survey of Sites, Pottery and their Distribution. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg. Sweden. 1980., '5. Monastiraki', pg. 206.
4. 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., '26 Monastiraki', pg. 194.
5. Pendlebury [1965]: Pendlebury, John D.. The Archaeology of Crete. Norton, 1965., 'SITES WHERE REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND WHICH ARE OF LATE MINOAN DATE BUT CANNOT BE ASSIGNED TO ANY PARTICULAR PERIOD', pg. 293.