Khondros: Kefali
| PK | C5322 |
| TITLE | Khondros: 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 |
| W3W | lashed, murmured, overbite |
| UTM | 35 S, 351877, 3878101 |
| EGSA87 | 625379, 3877472 |
| Elevation m | 446 |
| Elevation feet | 1463.3 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Viannos |
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.