Site details
Ayios Paulos: Fones Cave
| PK | C5751 |
| TITLE | Ayios Paulos: Fones Cave |
| WGS84 | 35.572918° N, 24.109215° E |
| Accuracy | 100 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.572918, 24.109215 |
| LON/LAT | 24.109215, 35.572918 |
| DMS | 35° 34' 22.5048" N | , | 24° 6' 33.174" E |
| W3W | hinges, hooky, gazing |
| UTM | 35 S, 238027, 3940427 |
| EGSA87 | 509747, 3936297 |
| Elevation m | 53 |
| Elevation feet | 173.9 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Kydhonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds
TYPE
1. Sherds. Faure [1962], 46 'De la boue du fond on a extrait 4 tessons MR. 3...'2. Sherds. Hood [1965], 111 'Four L.M. III sherds and a fragment of a Hellenistic vase noted by Faure...'
3. Sherds. Kanta [1980], 233 'LM III sherds were collected by Faure at the Fones cave.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Faure [1962]: 46, 'De la boue du fond on a extrait 4 tessons MR. 3...'
b. Hood [1965]: 111, 'Four L.M. III sherds...'
c. Kanta [1980]: 233, 'LM III sherds ...'
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., '14°', pg. 45.
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. 19. Ayios Paulos: 'Fones' (Phones) Cave', pg. 111.
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., '13. Khorafakia', pg. 233.