Site details
Petras (Hill I)
| PK | C5707 |
| TITLE | Petras (Hill I) |
| WGS84 | 35.197079° N, 26.114916° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.197079, 26.114916 |
| LON/LAT | 26.114916, 35.197079 |
| DMS | 35° 11' 49.4844" N | , | 26° 6' 53.6976" E |
| W3W | chunked, eliminates, scheming |
| UTM | 35 S, 419428, 3895257 |
| EGSA87 | 692392, 3896659 |
| Elevation m | 34 |
| Elevation feet | 111.5 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Siteia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Palace
TYPE
1. Settlement. Tsipopoulou [2003], '... the main settlement on Hill I;...'PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Paleopalatial: (1900 BC - 1700 BC)
a. Tsipopoulou [2003]: , '..., this deposit proves that Petras functioned as a palace in the Protopalatial period.'
2. Middle Minoan IIA: (1850 BC - 1775 BC)
a. Tsipopoulou [2003]: , 'In Middle Minoan IIA, the existing architecture no longer sufficed and a major transformation of the structures on the plateau of Hill I was undertaken, ...'
3. Middle Minoan IIB: (1775 BC - 1750 BC)
a. Tsipopoulou [2003]: , '...when the Protopalatial palace was destroyed (in MMIIB, early 17th cent. BC),...'
4. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
a. Tsipopoulou [2003]: , 'The monumental staircase had been badly damaged in the LMIA destruction (16th cent. BC)...'
5. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Tsipopoulou [2003]: , 'In the fiery Late Minoan IB destruction (15th cent. BC),...', '...until the final destruction in Late Minoan IB (1480-1425 BC).'
NOTE
1. For more on this large and complex site see the essays in Tsipopoulou, Metaxia, Petras, Siteia; 25 years of excavations and studies, Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens, Volume 16. Narayana Press. ISBN: 978 87 7124 053 5. 2012.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Tsipopoulou [2003]: Tsipopoulou, Metaxia. Athena Review (3:3) 44-51, 2003., 'The Minoan Palace at Petras, Siteia', Online here.