Site details
Theriso: Kato Sarakina Cave
| PK | C5733 |
| TITLE | Theriso: Kato Sarakina Cave |
| WGS84 | 35.42891° N, 23.990865° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.42891, 23.990865 |
| LON/LAT | 23.990865, 35.42891 |
| DMS | 35° 25' 44.076" N | , | 23° 59' 27.114" E |
| W3W | starkest, ferment, dinosaurs |
| UTM | 34 S, 771530, 3924720 |
| EGSA87 | 499022, 3920321 |
| Elevation m | 457 |
| Elevation feet | 1499.3 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Kydhonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds
TYPE
1. Sherds. Faure [1958], 501 '..., j'ai eu l'occasion d'explorer, le 25-8-1958, une autre grotte minoenne (MA et MR abondant)...'2. Sherds. Hood [1965], 109 'Faure, who discovered the cave, reports ... E.M., L.M., and Protogeometric sherds from it...'
3. Sherds. Kanta [1980], 230 'There are several sherds from the Kato Sarakina cave in the Chania Museum ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Faure [1958]: 501, '...(MA et MR abondant)...'
b. Hood [1965]: 109, '..., reports ... E.M., L.M., and Protogeometric sherds from it...'
2. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Faure [1958]: 501, '...(MA et MR abondant)...'
b. Hood [1965]: 109, '..., reports ... E.M., L.M., and Protogeometric sherds from it...'
3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 230, 'There are also a few body sherds with worn surfaces,, all dating from LM III B.'
4. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Hood [1965]: 109, '..., reports ... E.M., L.M., and Protogeometric sherds from it...'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Faure [1958]: Faure, Paul. ‘Spéléologie et topographie crétoises’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (82), pp. 495-515. 1958, '', pg. 501.
Note 4.
Online here.
2. 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.10. Theriso: 'Kato Sarakina' Cave', pg. 109.
Online here.
3. 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., '6. Theriso', pg. 230.