Site details

Praisos: First Acropolis

PK	C5138
TITLE	Praisos: First Acropolis
WGS84	35.122937° N, 26.091062° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.122937, 26.091062
LON/LAT	26.091062, 35.122937

DMS

35° 7' 22.5732" N

26° 5' 27.8232" E

W3W	stops, prepped, topside
UTM	35 S, 417181, 3887054
EGSA87	690393, 3888389

Elevation m	329
Elevation feet	1079.4
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 59    'The heart of the city was the highest hill, known as the First Acropolis ...'
2.    hab.   AR[1992], 79    'The M walls on and around the summit of the first acropolis suggest that occupation was confined to this area in LM times, ...'
3.    hab.   Myers et al. [1992], 256    'Praisos is an Archaic-Classical-Hellenistic city in the far eastern end of Crete.'

SITE SIZE

- AR[1992]  p. 79,  Size: 10000 sq. m.  'Though the area enclosed was not large, perhaps no more that (sic) 100 x 100m, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 257, 'MM III - LM I ...; chance finds on First and Third Acropoleis.'

2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 59, '...; a probable LM I phase was also identified here ...'
    b.    AR[1992]: 79, '..., but possible as early as LMI.'
    c.    Myers et al. [1992]: 257, 'MM III - LM I ...; chance finds on First and Third Acropoleis.'

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 59, 'LM IIIB and IIIC finds were recorded on the First Acropolis; ...'
    b.    AR[1992]: 79, '..., most probably beginning in LMIII B or C, ...'

4. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 59, 'LM IIIB and IIIC finds were recorded on the First Acropolis; ...'
    b.    AR[1992]: 79, '..., most probably beginning in LMIII B or C, ...'

NOTES

1. See the outstanding detailed diagram of Acropoleis 1 and 2 in AR[1992-3] 78, fig. 57.

2. Good summaries in Myers [1992] 256, 'I. IMPORTANCE', and in Lauffer ed. [1999], s.v. 'Praisos', 564.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1992]: Archaeological Reports. The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (39) 1992-1993., 'Praisos.', pg. 77. Online here.

2. Lauffer ed. [1999]: Lauffer, Siegfried (ed.). Griechenland; Lexikon des historischen Stätten; Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg, 1999., 'Praisos', pg. 564.

3. Marshall and Bosanquet [1901]: Marshall, J.H. and R.C. Bosanquet. ‘Excavations at Praesos. I’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (8), 231-270. 1901., 'Excavations at Praesos. I.', pg. 231. Online here.

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., '37 Praisos', pg. 256.

5. 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., '11. Praisos', pg. 58.