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Psychro: Diktaean Cave

PKC5392
TITLEPsychro: Diktaean Cave
WGS84 35.162662° N, 25.445218° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.162662, 25.445218
LON/LAT 25.445218, 35.162662

DMS 35° 9' 45.5832" N,25° 26' 42.7848" E

W3Wderails, truck, jovially
UTM35 S, 358399, 3892189
EGSA87 631473, 3891749

Elevation m984
Elevation feet 3228.3
RegionCrete
SubregionLasithi





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cave

TYPE

1.    Cult.   Hogarth [1899], 95    '...the soil was rich in ex voto deposits and that the cave was a notable seat of cult.'
2.    Cult.   Watrous and Blitzer [1982], 61    '...an important sanctuary.'
3.    Cult.   Kanta [1980], 122    '...one of the most important LM III cave sanctuaries.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 61, 'From Middle Minoan I until the 7th centry B.C. the cave served as an important sanctuary.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Hogarth [1899]: 115, 'The vogue of the Psychro Cave can be traced by the remains back from the Geometric Period through all the "Mycenaean" Age ...'

3. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hogarth [1899]: 115, 'The vogue of the Psychro Cave can be traced by the remains back from the Geometric Period through all the "Mycenaean" Age ...'
    b.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 61, 'From Middle Minoan I until the 7th centry B.C. the cave served as an important sanctuary.'

4. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 122, 'This bull figurine, ..., dates from the later part of LM III A.'

5. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 122, 'It seems certain that the cult was flourishing there in all LM III stages, including LM III C.'

6. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 122, 'It seems certain that the cult was flourishing there in all LM III stages, including LM III C.'

7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Hogarth [1899]: 115, 'The vogue of the Psychro Cave can be traced by the remains back from the Geometric Period...'

NOTE

1.  A sketch of the earliest explorations is in Hogarth [1899] pp. 94-5.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Hogarth [1899]:  Hogarth, D.G.. ‘The Dictaean Cave’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (6) pp. 94-116, 1899/1900., '', pg. 94. p. 114: '...the pre-eminently sacred character of this Cave there can remain no shadow of doubt, ...'
Online here.

2.  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., '3. The Psykhro Cave', pg. 122.

3.  Watrous and Blitzer [1982]:  Watrous, Livingston Vance and H. Blitzer. ‘Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete’, Hesperia Supplements (18), Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete, pp. 1-122. 1982., '66. Psychro: Psychro, or Diktaian Cave', pg. 61. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5392 is at 35.29202° N, 25.44674° E, a straight-line distance of 14 km and 355 m.