Site details
Pseira
| PK | C5538 |
| TITLE | Pseira |
| WGS84 | 35.185446° N, 25.864361° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.185446, 25.864361 |
| LON/LAT | 25.864361, 35.185446 |
| DMS | 35° 11' 7.6056" N | , | 25° 51' 51.6996" E |
| W3W | youth, incite, bareness |
| UTM | 35 S, 396603, 3894199 |
| EGSA87 | 669603, 3894912 |
| Elevation m | 1 |
| Elevation feet | 3.3 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Ierapetra |
GENERAL SITE TYPE hab
TYPE
1. Cem. Nowicki [2014], 158 ' ..., and in the associated cemetery.'2. hab. Betancourt and Davaras [1988], 210 A fair-sized Minoan town on an island in Mirabello Bay.
3. hab. BCH [1991], 939 'Ville minoenne', 'vestiges d'un édifice'
4. hab. Myers et al. [1992], 262 ' ..., the town boasted a shrine with fine frescoes, imported pottery of high quality, and comfortable residences.'
5. Pottery. Nowicki [2014], 158 ' ... Neolithic pottery indicate that it belongs to both FN I and FN II periods, ... '
6. Settlement. Nowicki [2014], 158 ' ... the existence of an FN settlement on the promontory, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Final Neolithic: (3600 - 2800)
a. Nowicki [2014]: 158, 'FN sherds were found on the southern promontory settlement which was continuously occupied during the EM, MM and LM periods, ... '
2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Betancourt and Davaras [1988]: 210, 'Stray finds of sherds from the Early Bronze Age ...'
b. BCH [1991]: 940, '...on a recueilli de nombreux vases en pierre complets, du début de l'Âge du Bronze.'
3. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Nowicki [2014]: 158, 'FN sherds were found on the southern promontory settlement which was continuously occupied during the EM, MM and LM periods, ... '
4. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
a. Myers et al. [1992]: 265, 'FN/EM - MM II Cemetery (various tomb types).'
5. Early Minoan IIA: (2650 BC - 2450 BC)
a. Myers et al. [1992]: 265, 'FN/EM I - EM IIA Scattered traces.'
6. Early Minoan IIB: (2450 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Betancourt and Davaras [1988]: 210, 'Sherds from later contexts include many pieces of mottled Vasilike Ware (from EM IIB)'
b. Myers et al. [1992]: 265, 'EM IIB Scattered traces.'
7. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Betancourt and Davaras [1988]: 210, '...and White-on-dark Ware (from EM III), ...'
b. Myers et al. [1992]: 265, 'EM III - MM I Extensive traces on entire hill northeast of harbor.'
8. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Nowicki [2014]: 158, 'FN sherds were found on the southern promontory settlement which was continuously occupied during the EM, MM and LM periods, ... '
9. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
a. Betancourt and Davaras [1988]: 210, 'The MM I Incised Style and many other MM styles are found in small fragments.'
b. Myers et al. [1992]: 265, 'EM III - MM I Extensive traces ... '
10. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
a. Betancourt and Davaras [1988]: 210, '...; its decoration of large and small white spots indicates a date in MM IB-II.'
b. Myers et al. [1992]: 265, 'MM IB - II House remains.'
11. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
a. Betancourt and Davaras [1988]: 210, '...; its decoration of large and small white spots indicates a date in MM IB-II.'
b. Myers et al. [1992]: 265, 'FN/EM I - MM II Cemetery (various tomb types).'
c. Myers et al. [1992]: 265, 'MM IB - II House remains.'
12. Middle Minoan IIB: (1775 BC - 1750 BC)
a. BCH [1991]: 939, '... et dont on a reconnu un état MM IIB.'
13. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Myers et al. [1992]: 265, 'MM III Extensive dumps from LM I levelling and building.'
14. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Nowicki [2014]: 158, 'FN sherds were found on the southern promontory settlement which was continuously occupied during the EM, MM and LM periods, ... '
15. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Betancourt and Davaras [1988]: 210, 'By LM I, the settlement had reached its largest size.'
b. BCH [1991]: 939, '..., qui constituait la limite Sud de l'habitat MR I...'
c. Myers et al. [1992]: 265, 'LM I Large town with streets and stairs forming blocks ... '
16. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Betancourt and Davaras [1988]: 210, '..., in LM IB, the houses were on both sides of the harbor, with most of them on the peninsula that protected the northeastern side.'
b. Myers et al. [1992]: 265, 'LM IB destruction. Abandonment.'
17. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Betancourt and Davaras [1988]: 210, 'After a short reoccupation in LM III, the town was again deserted.'
18. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
a. Myers et al. [1992]: 265, 'LM IIIA2 Limited reoccupation.'
NOTES
1. A fine map of Pseira is in Betancourt and Davaras [1988], p. 209 and there are many useful photographs (Pl. 57 et seqq.). Additional reading in Richard B. Seager, Excavations on the Island of Pseira, Crete, Philadelphia, 1910. This can be found on the Internet Archive here.
2. Additional material about Pseira to which I did not have access:
- Philip P. Betancourt, Costis Davaras, and Richard Hope Simpson, Pseira VIII: The Archaeological Survey of Pseira Island, Part 1, Instap Press, 2004 (9781623030964)
- Richard Hope Simpson, Philip P. Betancourt, Costis Davaras, Pseira IX: The Pseira Island Survey, Part 2: The Intensive Surface Survey. Instap Press, 2005 (9781623030995)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. BCH [1991]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 115. 1991., 'Pseira, fouilles gréco-américaines', pg. 939.
Online here.
2. Betancourt and Davaras [1988]: Betancourt, Philip P. and Costis Davaras. ‘Excavations at Pseira, 1985 and 1986’, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (57:3), pp. 207-225, 1988., 'Summary of the History of the Town', pg. 210.
Online here.
3. 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., '38 Pseira', pg. 262.
4. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '77 Pseira', pg. 158.
Online here.