Site details

Knossos: MM Building

PK	C5592
TITLE	Knossos: MM Building
WGS84	35.298678° N, 25.16167° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	35.298678, 25.16167
LON/LAT	25.16167, 35.298678

DMS

35° 17' 55.2408" N

25° 9' 42.012" E

W3W	envelope, meant, carpets
UTM	35 S, 332852, 3907716
EGSA87	605472, 3906496

Elevation m	98
Elevation feet	321.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Building

TYPE

1.    Building.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 51    'A Middle Minoan building and fine decorated pottery assignable to M. M. II had been found by Platon in opening a drainage pit on the south side of the road here in 1955 ... The excavations revealed ... evidence of a burnt destruction in L. M. I B and debris of an ivory carver's workshop of that period. L. M. II pottery with signs of burning noted by Popham ...'
2.    Sherds.   Popham [1975], 374    '..., Mr. Hood found a small deposit of LM II pottery, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 51, 'A Middle Minoan building and fine decorated pottery assignable to M. M. II...'

2. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 51, '...evidence of a burnt destruction in L. M. I B ...'

3. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 51, 'L. M. II pottery with signs of burning noted by Popham ...'
    b.    Popham [1975]: 374, '...LM II pottery, ...'

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, '214 and 215. Royal Road Excavations', pg. 51. Online here.

2. Popham [1975]: Popham, Mervyn. ‘Late Minoan II Crete: A Note’, American Journal of Archaeology (79:4) 372-374, 1975., '', pg. 374. Online here.