Site details

Knossos: Minoan House-Wall

PK	C5558
TITLE	Knossos: Minoan House–Wall
WGS84	35.300966° N, 25.159769° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.300966, 25.159769
LON/LAT	25.159769, 35.300966

DMS

35° 18' 3.4776" N

25° 9' 35.1684" E

W3W	depended, flesh, places
UTM	35 S, 332683, 3907973
EGSA87	605296, 3906748

Elevation m	111
Elevation feet	364.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Wall

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Cameron [1976], 1    '..., sherds of many Minoan and some later periods, ...'
2.    Wall.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 43    'Minoan House-Wall in a cess pit ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 43, 'Pottery from M.M. I - L.M. III A; ...'
    b.    Cameron [1976]: 3, 'The pottery mostly belonged within MM I to LM IIIA, ...'

2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 43, 'Pottery from M.M. I - L.M. III A; ...'
    b.    Cameron [1976]: 3, 'The pottery mostly belonged within MM I to LM IIIA, ...'

3. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Cameron [1976]: 3, 'The pottery mostly belonged within MM I to LM IIIA, ...'

4. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Cameron [1976]: 3, 'The pottery mostly belonged within MM I to LM IIIA, ...'

5. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Cameron [1976]: 3, 'LM II 'Ephyraean' goblets ...; ...'

6. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 43, 'Pottery from M.M. I - L.M. III A; ...'
    b.    Cameron [1976]: 3, 'The pottery mostly belonged within MM I to LM IIIA, ...'

7. Late Minoan IIIA1: (1420 BC - 1390 BC)
    a.    Cameron [1976]: 3, '...with oval or strap handles, of LM II or IIIA 2 styles ...'

8. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 43, '..., except for a few sherds of L. M. III B ...'
    b.    Cameron [1976]: 3, '...or early LM IIIB ...'

9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 43, '... and Geometric.'

NOTE

1. Cameron [1976] 2 (Fig. I) presents a drawn plan which shows the orientation of the discovered wall fragment.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Cameron [1976]: Cameron, M.A.S.. ‘Savakis’s Bothros: A Minor Sounding at Knossos’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (71), pp. 1-13, 1976., 'Savakis's Bothros: A Minor Sounding at Knossos', pg. 1. 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, '126. MINOAN HOUSE-WALL', pg. 43. Online here.