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Cave of Our Lady of the Bear (Spileo Arkoudas)

PKC5729
TITLECave of Our Lady of the Bear (Spileo Arkoudas)
WGS84 35.589° N, 24.143893° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.589, 24.143893
LON/LAT 24.143893, 35.589

DMS 35° 35' 20.4" N,24° 8' 38.0148" E

W3Wundesirable, dishes, galloped
UTM35 S, 241222, 3942120
EGSA87 512887, 3938085

Elevation m198
Elevation feet 649.6
RegionCrete
SubregionKydhonia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cave

TYPE

1.    Sanctuary.   Kanta [1980], 232    'A sanctuary in post-Minoan times, it may have been one in LM III as well.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 232, 'A sanctuary in post-Minoan times, it may have been one in LM III as well.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  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., '10. The Cave of Arkoudhiotissa', pg. 232.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5729 is at 35.59422° N, 24.14585° E, a straight-line distance of 605 m.