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Knossos: Little Palace

PK	C5554
TITLE	Knossos: Little Palace
WGS84	35.299368° N, 25.160113° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.299368, 25.160113
LON/LAT	25.160113, 35.299368

DMS

35° 17' 57.7248" N

25° 9' 36.4068" E

W3W	contents, offer, ideas
UTM	35 S, 332711, 3907795
EGSA87	605329, 3906571

Elevation m	112
Elevation feet	367.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Palace

TYPE

1.    Palace.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 47
2.    Palace.   Hatzaki [2005], 1    'The Little Palace at Knossos (LP), ..., is situated on the slopes of Hellenika, the hill which rises to the W of the Kephala mound ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Neopalatial: (1700 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Hatzaki [2005]: 197, 'Evans dated the construction of the LP to the 'New Palace Era', following the Great Earthquake.'

2. Middle Minoan IIIB: (1700 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hatzaki [2005]: 198, 'The MM IIIB/LM IA pottery which accompanied this magnificent object ...'
    b.    Hatzaki [2005]: 198, 'Not long after the foundation of the LP, that is within MM IIIB/LM IA or early LM IA, ...', The LP is the Little Palace.

3. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Hatzaki [2005]: 198, 'Not long after the foundation of the LP, that is within MM IIIB/LM IA or early LM IA, ...', The LP is the Little Palace.

4. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Hatzaki [2005]: 195, '... discovery of LM II sherds in the re-built section of the W façade...'
    b.    Hatzaki [2005]: 199, 'The W Façade, although re-built in LM II or most likely LM IIIA1, ...'

5. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Hatzaki [2005]: 196, 'LM IIIA burnt pottery outnumbers by far the LM IIIB, ...'
    b.    Hatzaki [2005]: 198, '... its plan was maintained largely unchanged until LM IIIA.'

6. Late Minoan IIIA1: (1420 BC - 1390 BC)
    a.    Hatzaki [2005]: 195, '... of LM IIIA1 pottery from original-looking rubble walls ...'
    b.    Hatzaki [2005]: 199, 'The W Façade, although re-built in LM II or most likely LM IIIA1, ...'

7. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 48, 'Pottery from the LITTLE PALACE assignable to the horizon of the early L. M. III A 2 destruction in the palace published by Popham, ...'
    b.    Hatzaki [2005]: 195, '... the LM IIIA1/2 pottery groups found by Evans within various rooms', '...one LM IIIA2 early type rim fragment...'

8. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Hatzaki [2005]: 195, '...the discovery of LM IIIA2 pottery (and possibly LM IIIB too) in the rubble makeup of the added walls ...'
    b.    Hatzaki [2005]: 196, 'Evidence of a LM IIIB occupation of the LP ...'
    c.    Hatzaki [2005]: 203, 'The character of LM IIIB re-occupation of the Palace ...'
    d.    Hatzaki [2005]: 204, 'It is quite possible that the last inhabitants of the LP and MUM abandoned their deteriorating buildings ...', The MUM is the Minoan Unexplored Mansion.

NOTE

1. The Little Palace has been the subject of excavations by the University of Cincinnati under the direction of Dr. Eleni Hatzaki (https://classics.uc.edu/index.php/facultyandstaff/33?ePID=MTkzMTYx). The home page for this project is here: https://classics.uc.edu/index.php/research/knossos See Hatzaki [2005] for a full description of the site.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hatzaki [2005]: Hatzaki, Eleni M.. ‘Knossos; The Little Palace’, British School at Athens, Supplementary Volumes, no. 38, 2005., '', Online here.

2. Hood and Smyth [1981]: Hood, Sinclair and David Smyth. ‘Archaeological Survey of the Knossos Area’, The British School at Athens. Supplementary Volumes, No. 14, Archaeological Survey of the Knossos Area, pp. i-x & 1-69, 1981, ''185 (86). LITTLE PALACE'', pg. 47. Online here.