Site details
Palaikastro: Kouremenos
| PK | C5681 |
| TITLE | Palaikastro: Kouremenos |
| WGS84 | 35.204314° N, 26.271534° E |
| Accuracy | 20 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.204314, 26.271534 |
| LON/LAT | 26.271534, 35.204314 |
| DMS | 35° 12' 15.5304" N | , | 26° 16' 17.5224" E |
| W3W | eclectic, watching, redefining |
| UTM | 35 S, 433691, 3895944 |
| EGSA87 | 706635, 3897776 |
| Elevation m | 1 |
| Elevation feet | 3.3 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Siteia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE hab
TYPE
1. Building. Syriopoulos [1995], 1154 'Architectural remains and ceramic...' (tr. rhc)2. hab. Bosanquet et al. [1903], 330 '...a complex of walls was presently laid bare, which proved to belong to a group of buildings...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Bosanquet et al. [1903]: 334, '...was found the late Mycenaean vase ...' This bowl is further described on p. 320.
b. Bosanquet et al. [1903]: 335, 'This bowl in conjunction with the top of a big coarse Bügelkanne serves to show that the Kouraménos settlement was contemporaneous with the later Mycenaean occupation of the Roussolakkos site, ...'
2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Syriopoulos [1995]: 1154, 'Architectural remains and ceramic of the LM III B period from the area of (a) Kouremenos ...' (tr. RHC).
NOTES
1. Site contributed by Professor Sarah Murray, University of Toronto, Canada.
2. And see Katerina Kopaka and Lefteris Platon, Lenoi Minoikoi. 'Installations minoennes de traitement des produits liquides', in Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (117:1) 35-101, 1993. Especially page 52, '2. 1. PALAIKASTRO. KOURÉMÉNOS'.
3. On p. 330 Bosanquet et al. [1903] describe the situation of the site. It is located on the Bay of Palaikastro, about 25 m. from the shore. Some of the stones from the site were used to create a break water in a nearby stream. In placing the marker I measured 25 m. circles from the vegetation on the shore. If, as I believe, the stream being referred to is the one at 35.203741 N, 26.270196 E then the marker should be close to the actual site.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Bosanquet et al. [1903]: Bosanquet, R.C. and R. M. Dawkins, Marcus Niebuhr Tod, W. L. H. Duckworth, J. L. Myres. ‘Excavations at Palaikastro. II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (9) 274-387, 1902/1903, 'Excavations at Palaiokastro. II. Sec. 9. - Kouraménos', pg. 329.
Geographical situation of the site is discussed on p. 330.
Online here.
2. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '558. Palaikastron', pg. 1154.