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Elenes: Petri

PKC5654
TITLEElenes: Petri
WGS84 35.222482° N, 24.612663° E
Accuracy 50 m.

LAT/LON 35.222482, 24.612663
LON/LAT 24.612663, 35.222482

DMS 35° 13' 20.9352" N,24° 36' 45.5868" E

W3Wcontributor, purified, knighted
UTM35 S, 282722, 3900328
EGSA87 555606, 3897599

Elevation m677
Elevation feet 2221.1
RegionCrete
SubregionAmari





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Kanta [1980], 205    '...LM finds...'
2.    Sherds.   Hood et al. [1964], 74    'On 'Petri' to the north of 'Korfi tou Koukkoyianni' we collected several Minoan sherds, ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 74, The authors collected sherds, a tripod foot, a strap handle from a cup '...both likely to be M.M. I or M.M. II at latest.'

2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 74, The authors collected sherds, a tripod foot, a strap handle from a cup '...both likely to be M.M. I or M.M. II at latest.'

3. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 74, The authors saw a pithos fragment (?) which had '...typical L.M. relief decoration.'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 205, '...LM finds...'

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., '24. Elenes; (2) Settlement ...', pg. 73. Online here.

2.  Kanta [1980]:  Kanta, Athanasia. The Late Minoan III Period in Crete; A Survey of Sites, Pottery and their Distribution. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg. Sweden. 1980., '2. Elenes', pg. 205.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5654 is at 35.13816° N, 24.5291° E, a straight-line distance of 12 km and 41 m.