Site details

Kaminaki: Pigadistria

PK	C5393
TITLE	Kaminaki: Pigadistria
WGS84	35.159572° N, 25.461975° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	35.159572, 25.461975
LON/LAT	25.461975, 35.159572

DMS

35° 9' 34.4592" N

25° 27' 43.11" E

W3W	unscathed, frown, receipts
UTM	35 S, 359920, 3891822
EGSA87	633005, 3891429

Elevation m	840
Elevation feet	2755.9
Region	Crete
Subregion	Lasithi

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Watrous and Blitzer [1982], 61    'The presence of fragments of MM and Geometric pithoi and a larnax suggest that the site was a cemetery.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 61, 'Many sherds: EM II - MM I bowl ...'

2. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 61, 'Many sherds: EM II - MM I bowl ...'

3. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 61, ? '..the thick oval (MM III? - LM I) type.'

4. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 61, '..the thick oval (MM III? - LM I) type.', '..., LM I rounded cups, ...'

5. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 61, '..., LM IIIB kylix rim...'

6. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 61, 'Geometric handle decorated with a lozenge chain, ...'

NOTE

1. Watrous and Blitzer [1982] mention (p. 61) 'The cutting for the nearby asphalt road produced a burial about 30 meters west of the church.' This may be a reference to the tholos (C6023) investigated in 2004-5 even though this tholos is 75 m. W of the church (F3980).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., '65 Kaminaki: Pigadistria', pg. 61. Online here.