Site details

Praisos: Prophitis Ilias

PK	C5679
TITLE	Praisos: Prophitis Ilias
WGS84	35.124994° N, 26.074209° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.124994, 26.074209
LON/LAT	26.074209, 35.124994

DMS

35° 7' 29.9784" N

26° 4' 27.1524" E

W3W	headmaster, adoration, maddest
UTM	35 S, 415647, 3887297
EGSA87	688852, 3888585

Elevation m	237
Elevation feet	777.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Mantzourani et al. [2005], 126    '...a preliminary report on the excavation of an architectural complex of over 30 rooms, ...'
2.    hab.   Mantzourani and Vavouranakis [2011], 135    ' ..., and might have constituted a single household.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan IIIB: (1700 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Mantzourani et al. [2005]: 126, 'He (Nikolaos Platon, RHC) distinguished two strata dating to MM IIIB and LM IA, ...'

2. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Mantzourani et al. [2005]: 126, 'He (Nikolaos Platon, RHC) distinguished two strata dating to MM IIIB and LM IA, ...'
    b.    Mantzourani et al. [2005]: 126, 'He (Lefteris Platon, RHC) restudied the pottery and concluded that the building was probably erected in LM IA and destroyed in LM IB.'
    c.    Mantzourani and Vavouranakis [2011]: 126, 'He (Lefteris Platon, RHC) restudied the pottery and concluded that the building was probably erected in LM IA and destroyed in LM IB.'

3. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Mantzourani et al. [2005]: 126, 'He (Lefteris Platon, RHC) restudied the pottery and concluded that the building was probably erected in LM IA and destroyed in LM IB.'
    b.    Mantzourani and Vavouranakis [2011]: 126, 'He (Lefteris Platon, RHC) restudied the pottery and concluded that the building was probably erected in LM IA and destroyed in LM IB.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Mantzourani and Vavouranakis [2011]: Mantzourani, Eleni and Giorgos Vavouranakis. ‘The Minoan Villas in East Crete: Households or Seats of Authority? The Case of Prophitis Ilias Praisou’, Hesperia Supplements (44), STEGA: The Archaeology of Houses and Households in Ancient Crete, 125-135, 2011., '', pg. 125. Online here.

2. Mantzourani et al. [2005]: Mantzourani, Eleni and Giorgos Vavouranakis, Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos. ‘The Klimataria-Manares Building Reconsidered’, American Journal of Archaeology (109:4) 743-776, October 2005., '', pg. 125. Online here.