Site details

Skoteino/Skotino Cave

PK	C5536
TITLE	Skoteino∕Skotino Cave
WGS84	35.304687° N, 25.297535° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.304687, 25.297535
LON/LAT	25.297535, 35.304687

DMS

35° 18' 16.8732" N

25° 17' 51.126" E

W3W	overbite, lobbed, legal
UTM	35 S, 345218, 3908162
EGSA87	617817, 3907316

Elevation m	218
Elevation feet	715.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pedhiadha

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cave

TYPE

1.    Cave.   BCH [2004], 1606    '...la grotte ...'
2.    cult.   Faure [1956], 96    '...de figures ou d'autels remarquables.'
3.    Cult.   Kanta [1980], 68    'Evans considered it to be the sacred cave of Knossos...', '..., it seems that the cave's religious function continued down to the LM III period.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 68, 'Evans considered it to be the sacred cave of Knossos and mentioned MM I sherds from it.'

2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Faure [1956]: 96, '...(kernos MR I)...'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 68, '... Pendlebury considered that it continued to be used in LM I...'

3. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Faure [1956]: 96, '..., d'un grand cratère au poulpe (MR III), ...'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 68, 'He (Faure, RHC) also refers to abundant LM III pottery, ...'

4. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    BCH [2004]: 1606, '... la grotte continua d'être utilisée, mais moins fréquemment, jusqu'au MR IIIB.'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 68, A sherd from an amphoroid krater decorated with an octopus was found by Faure. 'The sherd is LM III B in date.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [2004]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 128-129-2.2. 2004., 'Skoteino (Grotte de -)', pg. 1606. Online here.

2. Faure [1956]: Faure, Paul. ‘Grottes crétoises’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (80), 95-103, 1956., '8. Skoteino Pediados', pg. 96. Online here.

3. 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., '11. Skoteino', pg. 68.