Site details
Koumaro Spilio
| PK | C5731 |
| TITLE | Koumaro Spilio |
| WGS84 | 35.579083° N, 24.143149° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.579083, 24.143149 |
| LON/LAT | 24.143149, 35.579083 |
| DMS | 35° 34' 44.6988" N | , | 24° 8' 35.3364" E |
| W3W | toymaker, scrubber, delusions |
| UTM | 35 S, 241123, 3941021 |
| EGSA87 | 512821, 3936985 |
| Elevation m | 269 |
| Elevation feet | 882.5 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Kydhonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds
TYPE
1. Refuge Cave. Kanta [1980], 231 'This tends to confirm the view that the caves were used as refuges during LM III B.'2. Sherds. Hood [1965], 110 '..., some M.M. sherds, and L.M. III cups and stirrup jars which may be votive ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Hood [1965]: 110, '..., some M.M. sherds, ...'
2. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Hood [1965]: 110, '..., and L.M. III cups and stirrup jars...'
3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 231, 'The whole Koumarospilio group can be dated to LM III B.'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. 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. 18. Gouverneto Monastery, no. 3.', pg. 110.
Online here.
2. 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., '8. Koumarospilio', pg. 231.