Kerameia: Cave of Platyvola
| PK | C5726 |
| TITLE | Kerameia: Cave of Platyvola |
| WGS84 | 35.425394° N, 24.065574° E |
| Accuracy | Unknown |
| LAT/LON | 35.425394, 24.065574 |
| LON/LAT | 24.065574, 35.425394 |
| DMS | 35° 25' 31.4184" N | , | 24° 3' 56.0664" E |
| W3W | fundraising, prohibit, automobiles |
| UTM | 35 S, 233583, 3924176 |
| EGSA87 | 505804, 3919933 |
| Elevation m | 414 |
| Elevation feet | 1358.3 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Kydhonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds
TYPE
1. Cult. Moody [1987], 'FUNCTION: ... Minoan - burial cave LM-sacred cave?'2. Sherds. Kanta [1980], 230 'Only one decorated sherd has been published from the LM III material of the cave...'
3. Sherds. Faure [1962], 44 '... et divers tessons ...'
4. Sherds. Hood [1965], 111 '...Faure reports combed ware, which may be late Neolithic, together with L.M. III and Hellenistic sherds...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Hood [1965]: 111, 'Mr. Tzedakis tells me that he has collected E.M., M.M., and L.M. sherds from the cave.'
2. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Hood [1965]: 111, 'Mr. Tzedakis tells me that he has collected E.M., M.M., and L.M. sherds from the cave.'
3. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
a. Moody [1987]: , '... MMI-II...'
4. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
a. Moody [1987]: , '... MMI-II...'
5. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Moody [1987]: , '...MMIII/LM...'
6. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Hood [1965]: 111, 'Mr. Tzedakis tells me that he has collected E.M., M.M., and L.M. sherds from the cave.'
7. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Faure [1962]: 44, '... tessons M.R.3 et hellénistiques.'
b. Hood [1965]: 111, '... together with L.M. III and Hellenistic sherds...'
8. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 230, 'LM III A and B sherds from the cave are in the storeroom of the Chania Museum.'
b. Moody [1987]: , '... (probably IIIA to IIIB)'
9. Late Minoan IIIA1: (1420 BC - 1390 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 230, '...sherds of a badly burned LM III A 1 cup were found at the Keramos ave.'
10. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 230, 'A late LM III A 2 or III A 2/B date seems appropriate.'
11. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 230, 'A late LM III A 2 or III A 2/B date seems appropriate.'
b. Moody [1987]: , '... (probably IIIA to IIIB)'
NOTES
1. The town of 'Skourachladha' is located at 35.414912 N, 24.048640 E. It is difficult to find because it is nearly deserted. I have used the map in Warren et al. [1974] 300, Fig. 1, along with Moody [1987] App. III, 'PLV1' to place this marker. I estimate that it is accurate to within 500 m. but left the accuracy rating at 'N'.
2. On the regional name 'Kerameia' and its derivation see Faure [1960] pp. 207-8.
3. Moody [1987] 'PLV1' gives the location as '2 km NE of the village Skourakhladha at the place 'Korakia'.'
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Faure [1962]: Faure, Paul. ‘Cavernes et sites aux deux extrémités de la Crète’, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique (86:1), pp. 36-56. 1962., '11° Spilia', pg. 44.
Online here.
2. Faure [1960]: Faure, Paul. ‘Nouvelles recherches de spéléologie et de topographie crétoises’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (84:1), 189-220, 1960., '', Online here.
3. Hood [1965]: Hood, M.S.F.. ‘Minoan Sites in the Far West of Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (60), pp. 99-113, 1965., 'C. 21. Skourakhladha', pg. 111.
Online here.
4. 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., '4. Kerameia', pg. 229.
5. Moody [1987]: Moody, Jennifer Alice. The Environmental and Cultural Prehistory of the Khania Region of West Crete: Neolithic through Late Minoan III. Ph.D. Dissertation. The Graduate School of the University of Minnesota. 1987., 'Appendix III: Site Catalog, PLV1', Online here.
6. Warren et al. [1974]: Warren, Peter, J. Tzedhakis and J.R.A. Greig. ‘Debla. An Early Minoan Settlement in Western Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (69), pp. 299-342, 1974., 'Fig. 1', pg. 300.
Online here.