Site details

Kofinas Sanctuary Wall

PK	C5136
TITLE	Kofinas Sanctuary Wall
WGS84	34.962955° N, 25.080638° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	34.962955, 25.080638
LON/LAT	25.080638, 34.962955

DMS

34° 57' 46.638" N

25° 4' 50.2968" E

W3W	feelers, magnetism, varsity
UTM	35 S, 324765, 3870617
EGSA87	598508, 3869179

Elevation m	1108
Elevation feet	3635.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Monophatsion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Wall

TYPE

1.    Peak Sanctuary.   Nowicki [2000], 45    'This very characteristic prominent mountain (Kofinas in the Asterousia range, rhc) is famous for a Minoan peak sanctuary which, ..., yielded a great amount of archaeological evidence from the Middle Minoan to Late Minoan and Post-Minoan periods.'
2.    Wall.   Nowicki [2000], 45    'A fortification wall, constructed in a similar way to those at iouktas and Kastrokefala ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 45, ' ... from the Middle Minoan to Late Minoan and Post-Minoan periods.'

2. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 45, ' ... from the Middle Minoan to Late Minoan and Post-Minoan periods.'

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 45, 'Dating: LM IIIB? ...'

4. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 46, '...although LM IIIC-SM evidence was found during the recent rescue excavation of the sanctuary nearby...'

5. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 45, '...although LM IIIC-SM evidence was found during the recent rescue excavation of the sanctuary nearby...'
    b.    Nowicki [2000]: 45, ' ... from the Middle Minoan to Late Minoan and Post-Minoan periods.'

NOTE

1. A defensive (?) wall thought to be associated with a peak sanctuary.

rhc

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., '3. Kofinas', pg. 45.