Site details

Grimbiliana: Ayia Irini

PK	C5759
TITLE	Grimbiliana: Ayia Irini
WGS84	35.530708° N, 23.773131° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	35.530708, 23.773131
LON/LAT	23.773131, 35.530708

DMS

35° 31' 50.5488" N

23° 46' 23.2716" E

W3W	asserted, spatulas, partnered
UTM	34 S, 751440, 3935437
EGSA87	479283, 3931634

Elevation m	109
Elevation feet	357.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kissamos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   AR[1994], 73    'One area revealed a storage installation of LM IIIB/C with sunken pithoi; ...'
2.    Settlement.   Hood [1965], 105    'Important Minoan settlement ...'
3.    Sherds.   Kanta [1980], 239    'At the site of Hagia Irini, Grimbiliana location, Alexiou made a small test in 1960. Among the sherds ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood [1965]: 105, '...with occupation in L.M. III times if not earlier, ...'

2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 239, '..., probably LM III B/C in date...'
    b.    AR[1994]: 73, 'One area revealed a storage installation of LM IIIB/C with sunken pithoi; ...'

3. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 239, '..., probably LM III B/C in date...'
    b.    AR[1994]: 73, 'One area revealed a storage installation of LM IIIB/C with sunken pithoi; ...'

NOTE

1. Faure, in BCH (86:1), p. 54 suggests that this eminence might be the site of ancient Polichna: '... amènent à considérer à nouveau les ruines de Trouli, autour de la chapelle de Sainte-Irène, au Sud du promontoire de Rhodopou.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1994]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (41) 1994., 'Kolumbari (Kissamou)', pg. 73. 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., 'A. 7. Grimbiliana: 'Ayia Irini'', pg. 105. 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., '1. Kolymbari', pg. 239.