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Arvi: Kamini: Minoan Settlement

PK	C5614
TITLE	Arvi: Kamini: Minoan Settlement
WGS84	34.996405° N, 25.460558° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	34.996405, 25.460558
LON/LAT	25.460558, 34.996405

DMS

34° 59' 47.058" N

25° 27' 38.0088" E

W3W	choosy, evade, stoppage
UTM	35 S, 359511, 3873727
EGSA87	633141, 3873330

Elevation m	118
Elevation feet	387.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Viannos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Nowicki [1996], 260    '...settlement...'
2.    Settlement.   Hood et al. [1964], 91    'Extensive Minoan settlement on a high hill east of the valley about 1 km. from the sea.', 'This is evidently the chief Minoan site in the valley, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Hood et al. [1964]  p. 91,  Size: 12000 sq. m.  'Traces of occupation, ..., are spread over an area of about 150 m. from the summit of the hill southwards, and over the whole width of it being about 80 m. from west to east.'

- Hood et al. [1964]  p. 91,  Size: 12000 sq. m.  'Traces of occupation, ..., are spread over an area of about 150 m. from the summit of the hill southwards, and over the whole width of it being about 80 m. from west to east.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [1996]: 260, 'Even earlier, probably EM II/III - MM I, are the tripod legs with a flat section ...'

2. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [1996]: 260, 'Even earlier, probably EM II/III - MM I, are the tripod legs with a flat section ...'

3. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 91, 'One large bag of sherds kept. These seem to range from M.M. to L.M. I, ...'

4. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [1996]: 260, 'Even earlier, probably EM II/III - MM I, are the tripod legs with a flat section...'

5. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 91, 'But some bases of small wheel-made goblets might be assignable to M.M. IB.'

6. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [1996]: 260, '...fragments of cups decorated with White-on-black and White-on-black and red dating back to the MM II period...'
    b.    Hood et al. [1964]: 91, 'The great bulk of the pottery, ..., belonged to M.M. II, M.M. III, and L.M. I.'

7. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [1996]: 260, '...the later occupation (MM III - LM I)...', 'This continued during the MM III - LM I periods, when probably a small administrative centre, ..., was erected on the top of the hill.'
    b.    Hood et al. [1964]: 91, 'The great bulk of the pottery, ..., belonged to M.M. II, M.M. III, and L.M. I.'

8. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [1996]: 260, '...the later occupation (MM III - LM I)...', 'This continued during the MM III - LM I periods, when probably a small administrative centre, ..., was erected on the top of the hill.'
    b.    Hood et al. [1964]: 91, 'One large bag of sherds kept. These seem to range from M.M. to L.M. I, ...', 'The great bulk of the pottery, ..., belonged to M.M. II, M.M. III, and L.M. I.'

9. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 91, 'To M.M. III or L.M. IA belong fragments with 'Tortoise-shell Ripple' ornament ...'

10. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [1996]: 262, 'We can only guess that Arvi Kamini shared the fate of most of the Neopalatial towns which were destroyed at the end of the LM I B period.'

11. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 91, '...; one sherd ... appears to come from an octopus-decorated vase of L.M. IIIB or L.M. IIIA at earliest.'

12. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 91, '...; one sherd ... appears to come from an octopus-decorated vase of L.M. IIIB or L.M. IIIA at earliest.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hood et al. [1964]: Hood, Sinclair and Peter Warren, Gerald Cadogan . ‘Travels in Crete, 1962’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (59), pp. 50-99, 1964., '42. Arvi; (3) 'Kamini'', pg. 89. Online here.

2. Nowicki [1996]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. ‘Arvi Fortetsa and Loutraki Kandilioro: Two Refuge Settlements in Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (91), pp. 253-285. 1996., '', pg. 260. Online here.