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Khondros: Kefali

PKC5322
TITLEKhondros: Kefali
WGS84 35.03474° N, 25.376153° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.03474, 25.376153
LON/LAT 25.376153, 35.03474

DMS 35° 2' 5.064" N,25° 22' 34.1508" E

W3Wlashed, murmured, overbite
UTM35 S, 351877, 3878101
EGSA87 625379, 3877472

Elevation m446
Elevation feet 1463.3
RegionCrete
SubregionViannos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Langohr [2009], 101    ' Ce site d'habitat ... '
2.    hab.   BCH [1958], 780    '...un groupe de maisons ...;'
3.    hab.   Myers et al. [1992], 82    'The groups of buildings suggest a community of several extended families, ...'
4.    Settlement.   Kanta [1980], 114    'On a hill called Kefala at the Pervola location, N. Platon excavated a Minoan settlement in 1955, 1956 and 1957.'
5.    Settlement.   AR[1959], 20    '...the Late Minoan settlement on the 'Kefala' ridge'
6.    settlement.   Hood et al. [1964], 81    'Platon discovered and excavated an extensive L.M. III settlement in the saddle here...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 116, 'The jar of Platon 1957, pl. 69 a, which cannot be dated later than the very beginning of III A 1, is painted in the palace style and probably dates from the end of LM II.'

2. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 81, '...an extensive L.M. III settlement ...'
    b.    BCH [1958]: 780, '...d'un important groupe de batiments du MR III.'

3. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    BCH [1958]: 780, 'La découverte de vases de style palatial évolué avec des vases du MR IIIa montre que la première installation a eu lieu vers 1400 av. J.C., peut être immédiatement après la ruine des centres palatiaux.'
    b.    Myers et al. [1992]: 82, 'II. USE ...; Kephala: LM IIIA settlement.'
    c.    Kanta [1980]: 116, ' ... and its pottery covers the entire III A and the beginning of LM III B.'

4. Late Minoan IIIA1: (1420 BC - 1390 BC)
    a.    AR[1959]: 20, 'The settlement appears to date from the Late Minoan IIIA I-B period, and may only have lasted a hundred years or so.'
    b.    Langohr [2009]: 101, ' ... qui s'implante vraisemblablement au MR IIIA1 ... '
    c.    Langohr [2009]: 101, ' ... des kylix à pied court MR IIIA1, des kylix à pied haut MR IIIA2, des coupes à champagne MR IIIA2, ... '
    d.    Kanta [1980]: 116, 'There are some fine examples of III A 1 pottery ... '

5. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 82, '...they belong almost completely to the Postpalatial Late Minoan IIIA2 phase, ...'
    b.    Langohr [2009]: 101, .. qui est abandonné la fin du MR IIIA2, ou au début du MR IIIB, ... '
    c.    Langohr [2009]: 101, ' ... des kylix à pied court MR IIIA1, des kylix à pied haut MR IIIA2, des coupes à champagne MR IIIA2, ... '

6. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    AR[1959]: 20, 'The settlement appears to date from the Late Minoan IIIA I-B period, and may only have lasted a hundred years or so.'
    b.    BCH [1958]: 780, 'L'habitat a été détruit au MR IIIb par un incendie.'
    c.    Langohr [2009]: 101, .. qui est abandonné la fin du MR IIIA2, ou au début du MR IIIB, ... '
    d.    Kanta [1980]: 116, ' ... and its pottery covers the entire III A and the beginning of LM III B.'
    e.    Kanta [1980]: 117, 'The rhyton of a pregnant woman reminiscent of the analogous figure from Gournia ... also suggests the LM III B; ...'

NOTE

1.  I (RHC) have placed the marker on the eastern part of the settlement. For the western part see C5646.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  BCH [1958]:  Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 82, 1958., 'Képhala', pg. 780. Online here.

2.  AR[1959]:  Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (6) 1959., 'Khondros.', pg. 20. Online here.

3.  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., '33. Khondros (10.8.62) (2) 'Kefali'', pg. 81. Online here.

4.  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., '1. KHONDROS', pg. 114.

5.  Langohr [2009]:  Langohr, Charlotte. PERIPHEREIA: Étude régionale de la Crète aux Minoen Récent II-IIIB (1450-1200 av. J.-C.) 1 | La Crète centrale et occidentale, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Belgium, 2009., '2.3.10. Kephali Chondrou', pg. 101. Online here.

6.  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., '9 Chondros', pg. 82.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5322 is at 34.9989° N, 25.37678° E, a straight-line distance of 3 km and 978 m.