Samonas: Kilindra/Azapine
| PK | C5748 |
| TITLE | Samonas: Kilindra∕Azapine |
| WGS84 | 35.4223° N, 24.106326° E |
| Accuracy | 20 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.4223, 24.106326 |
| LON/LAT | 24.106326, 35.4223 |
| DMS | 35° 25' 20.28" N | , | 24° 6' 22.7736" E |
| W3W | ravine, bullseye, hamper |
| UTM | 35 S, 237274, 3923723 |
| EGSA87 | 509504, 3919593 |
| Elevation m | 385 |
| Elevation feet | 1263.1 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Apokoronas |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Hood [1965], 113 'L.M. bronzes including two double axes ... and dagger blades in Khania Museum.'2. hab. Langohr [2009], 170 'Une grande habitation a ete fouillee ...'
3. hab. Moody [1987], 'FUNCTION: Minoan-habitation'
4. Settlement. Kanta [1980], 236 'An LM III B settlement was excavated at the Kylindra location ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Hood [1965]: 113, 'L.M. bronzes ...'
2. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Moody [1987]: , 'Date: Earlier? LMIII (mostly IIIB)'
3. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
a. Langohr [2009]: 170, '..., un habitat MR IIIA/IIIB.'
4. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Moody [1987]: , 'Date: Earlier? LMIII (mostly IIIB)'
b. Kanta [1980]: 236, 'An LM III B settlement ...'
c. Langohr [2009]: 170, '..., un habitat MR IIIA/IIIB.'
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., 'D. 9. Samonas', pg. 113.
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., '3. Samonas', pg. 236.
3. Langohr [2009]: Langohr, Charlotte. PERIPHEREIA: Étude régionale de la Crète aux Minoen Récent II-IIIB (1450-1200 av. J.-C.) 1 | La Crète centrale et occidentale, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Belgium, 2009., '2.6.5. Samonas', pg. 170.
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Online here.
4. 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, SMN1', Online here.