Site details

Zakros: Ouranias tou Phrydi

PK	C5685
TITLE	Zakros: Ouranias tou Phrydi
WGS84	35.099335° N, 26.242934° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	35.099335, 26.242934
LON/LAT	26.242934, 35.099335

DMS

35° 5' 57.606" N

26° 14' 34.5624" E

W3W	spooked, affably, havens
UTM	35 S, 430999, 3884321
EGSA87	704293, 3886072

Elevation m	123
Elevation feet	403.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Kopaka [2011], 274    '..., I will argue that caves also functioned as "different" forms of stegai (dwellings or houses) that were naturally present in the landscape...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Kopaka [2011]: 274, '...and early New Palace times (MM IIIB - Late Minoan [LM] IA - ...'

2. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Kopaka [2011]: 274, '... - as well as with periods V and VI (LM IB ...'

3. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Kopaka [2011]: 274, '... - as well as with periods V and VI (LM IB and LM II - IIIA).'

4. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kopaka [2011]: 274, '... and VI (LM IB and LM II - IIIA).'

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Kopaka [2011]: 273, 'Later, in Zakros periods VII and VIII (Geometric and modern times), the place was visited only occasionally.'

NOTES

1. Marker placed based on photograph in Kopaka [2011] 274, Figure 24.1 and the map in Vavouranakis [2007] 38, Fig. 2.31.

2. This is a cave.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Kopaka [2011]: Kopaka, Katerina. ‘On Caves and Households in Bronze Age Crete: "Tes Ouranios to Phroudi" Cave at Zakros’, Hesperia Supplements (44), STEGA: The Archaeology of Houses and Households in Ancient Crete, pp. 273-284. 2011., 'On Caves and Households in Bronze Age Crete: "Tes Ouranias to Phroudi"', pg. 273. Online here.

2. Vavouranakis [2007]: Vavouranakis, Giorgos. Funerary Landscapes East of Lasithi, Crete, in the Bronze Age. BAR International Series, no. 1606, 2007, '', pg. 38. Online here.