Psychro: Diktaean Cave
| PK | C5392 |
| TITLE | Psychro: 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 |
| W3W | derails, truck, jovially |
| UTM | 35 S, 358399, 3892189 |
| EGSA87 | 631473, 3891749 |
| Elevation m | 984 |
| Elevation feet | 3228.3 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Lasithi |
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.