Site details

Perama: Ta Grivila

PK	C5618
TITLE	Perama: Ta Grivila
WGS84	35.380624° N, 24.707309° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.380624, 24.707309
LON/LAT	24.707309, 35.380624

DMS

35° 22' 50.2464" N

24° 42' 26.3124" E

W3W	devise, clogs, chaos
UTM	35 S, 291743, 3917667
EGSA87	564095, 3915195

Elevation m	138
Elevation feet	452.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Mylopotamos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Nowicki [2014], 197    ' ..., together with an obsidian blade and a stone lid, ... '
2.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2014], 197    'The hill is the site of a large MM, LM and Early Iron Age settlement: ... '
3.    Settlement.   Hood et al. [1964], 56    'Settlement, with traces of Neolithic, extensive L.M. III (notably L.M. IIIB or C) and Geometric occupation.'
4.    Sherds.   Nowicki [2014], 197    'Several sherds with a fabric similar to the earlier phase of Viran Episkopi, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Hood et al. [1964]  p. 57,  Size: 20000 sq. m.  'The main settlement seems to have covered an area of about 200 m. north to south by 100 m. west to east on the upper part of the ridge from the church of A. Fanourios to its summit at the south end.' It requires a circle of about 153 m. radius to cover all these deposits. This is an area of 73541 sq. m.

- ed rhc  p. ,  Size: 73541 sq. m.  It req uires a circle of about 153 m. radius to cover all these deposits. This is an area of 73541 sq. m.

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 197,  Size: 6000 sq. m.  ' ..., about 100 by 60 m in size, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic I: (3600 - 3200)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 197, ' ... FN I occupation on the summit.'

2. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 58, 'One or two strap handles of cups look M.M.; ...'
    b.    Nowicki [2014]: 197, ' ... a large MM, LM and Early Iron Age settlement: ... '

3. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 197, ' ... a large MM, LM and Early Iron Age settlement: ... '

4. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 57, 'He (Platon, RHC) noted L.M. I sherds on the surface...'

5. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 57, '...and a heavy deposit of fine L.M. III pottery was noted by us in this region.'

6. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 58, '...; including bases of little decorated cups or bowls of L.M. IIIB-C type ...'

7. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 58, '...; including bases of little decorated cups or bowls of L.M. IIIB-C type ...'

8. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 57, 'He (Platon, RHC) assigned the walls of houses and terraces ... to Protogeometric and Geometric times ...'

9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 57, 'He (Platon, RHC) assigned the walls of houses and terraces ... to Protogeometric and Geometric times ...'

NOTE

1. A very interesting site characterized by a large number of discrete stony deposits which might average 10 m. in their longest dimension. The church of Ayios Phanourios is at F4057. Hood et al. [1962] in fig. 5 on p. 57 put their sherd finds just north and south of the church (which I'm sure is valid); but I placed the mark about 136 m. S of the church in order to draw attention to these stony deposits. These deposits look very much like the remains of habitations. And Hood et al. say (57) 'Scattered traces of occupation, with sherds and stones from buildings, continue down the slope of the ridge for about 200 m. west of the church.'

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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., '4. Perama: 'Ta Grivila'', pg. 56. Online here.

2. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '125 Perama Ta Grivila/Agios Fanourios', pg. 197. Online here.