Site details

Keraton (Vigla): Cave

PK	C5642
TITLE	Keraton (Vigla): Cave
WGS84	35.008376° N, 25.406337° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	35.008376, 25.406337
LON/LAT	25.406337, 35.008376

DMS

35° 0' 30.1536" N

25° 24' 22.8132" E

W3W	contributors, plead, eloped
UTM	35 S, 354584, 3875132
EGSA87	628173, 3874587

Elevation m	351
Elevation feet	1151.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Viannos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Hood et al. [1964], 84    'Cave. At the base of the cliff on the east side of the mountain is a small hole leading into a long cave.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 84, 'Sherds from this are assigned to E.M., M.M. III, and L.M. I, by Pendlebury ...'
    b.    Hood et al. [1964]: 84, '...one fragment with the surface burnished black inside and red outside (Neolithic or E.M.?), ...'

2. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 84, '..., a cup base with a good lustrous black wash (M.M.?), ...'

3. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 84, 'Sherds from this are assigned to E.M., M.M. III, and L.M. I, by Pendlebury ...'

4. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 84, 'Sherds from this are assigned to E.M., M.M. III, and L.M. I, by Pendlebury ...'
    b.    Hood et al. [1964]: 84, '..., and three scraps of fine decorated (L.M. I or II(?), and L.M. III(?)), ...'

5. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 84, '..., and three scraps of fine decorated (L.M. I or II(?), and L.M. III(?)), ...'

6. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 84, '...; to L.M. III, Subgeometric and Geometric by Faure ...'
    b.    Hood et al. [1964]: 84, '..., and three scraps of fine decorated (L.M. I or II(?), and L.M. III(?)), ...'

7. Subgeometric: (750 - 700)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 84, '...; to L.M. III, Subgeometric and Geometric by Faure ...'

NOTE

1. Placed notionally on the E side of Vigla towards the bottom. Topoguide shows caves at 35.010384 N, 25.406873 E and at 35.008943 N, 25.404792 E and, perhaps, it is the latter which our authors intend.

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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., '37. 'Keraton' (or 'Vigla')', pg. 84. Online here.