Site details

Khamalevri: Kakavella

PK	C5626
TITLE	Khamalevri: Kakavella
WGS84	35.378689° N, 24.593922° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.378689, 24.593922
LON/LAT	24.593922, 35.378689

DMS

35° 22' 43.2804" N

24° 35' 38.1192" E

W3W	squishy, thrill, squinted
UTM	35 S, 281436, 3917698
EGSA87	553797, 3914913

Elevation m	61
Elevation feet	200.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Rethymnon

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   AR[1997], 123    '...agricultural damage had left only anc. foundations and much tumbled masonry..'
2.    hab.   Hood et al. [1964], 64    'Here are also a number of stones which might come from house walls, including some roughly dressed blocks of limestone.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 64, 'Almost entirely Minoan, including some M.M. (with overall balck wash), …'
    b.    AR[1997]: 123, '...; three MM vases and obsidian are also noted.'

2. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 64, '…, the other (pithos, RHC) with M.M. III type relief decoration…'

3. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 64, 'Fragments of pithoi, one with L.M. type, …'

4. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 64, '…, some L.M. II-III (two kylix stems).'

5. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 64, '…, some L.M. II-III (two kylix stems).'

6. Late Minoan IIIA1: (1420 BC - 1390 BC)
    a.    AR[1997]: 123, 'To the NW, preservation was better where a double room was uncovered with a LM IIIA1 destruction level.'

NOTE

1. For more see E. Hallager and B.Palson Hallager (edd.) Late Minoan III Pottery. Athens 1997, pp. 111 - 151.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1997]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (44) 1997., 'Chamalevri, Rethymno', pg. 123. At the end of this article with key word 'Kakavella'.
Online here.

2. 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., '(2) 'Kakavella'', pg. 64. Online here.