Site details

Knossos: Minoan Sherds

PK	C5598
TITLE	Knossos: Minoan Sherds
WGS84	35.29112° N, 25.157605° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	35.29112, 25.157605
LON/LAT	25.157605, 35.29112

DMS

35° 17' 28.032" N

25° 9' 27.378" E

W3W	smarmy, blizzards, holdings
UTM	35 S, 332466, 3906884
EGSA87	605112, 3905654

Elevation m	140
Elevation feet	459.3
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 59    'The trench in this area was cut through a thick deposit of hill wash with many Minoan sherds in it.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 59, '... with some M. M. I...'

2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 59, '..., mostly M. M. II - III, ...'

3. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 59, '..., mostly M. M. II - III, ...'

4. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 59, '...and a few which might be L. M. I, ...'

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, '337. MINOAN SHERDS', pg. 59. Online here.