Site details

Knossos: Minoan Houses

PK	C5566
TITLE	Knossos: Minoan Houses
WGS84	35.302776° N, 25.164166° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	35.302776, 25.164166
LON/LAT	25.164166, 35.302776

DMS

35° 18' 9.9936" N

25° 9' 50.9976" E

W3W	deal, bongo, sobs
UTM	35 S, 333087, 3908166
EGSA87	605693, 3906953

Elevation m	72
Elevation feet	236.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 52    'Minoan Houses', 'M. M. I etc. houses on cliff'...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 52, 'The pottery from this includes some M. M. I A and a good deal of M. M. III B - L. M. I A.'

2. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 52, ''M. M. I etc. houses on cliff''

3. Middle Minoan IIIB: (1700 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 52, 'The pottery from this includes some M. M. I A and a good deal of M. M. III B - L. M. I A.'

4. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 52, 'The pottery from this includes some M. M. I A and a good deal of M. M. III B - L. M. I A.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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, '232 (89). MINOAN HOUSES', pg. 52. Online here.