Stalos: Vouno
| PK | C5762 |
| TITLE | Stalos: Vouno |
| WGS84 | 35.510661° N, 23.940605° E |
| Accuracy | 10 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.510661, 23.940605 |
| LON/LAT | 23.940605, 35.510661 |
| DMS | 35° 30' 38.3796" N | , | 23° 56' 26.178" E |
| W3W | extends, liquidated, quite |
| UTM | 34 S, 766696, 3933653 |
| EGSA87 | 494465, 3929389 |
| Elevation m | 57 |
| Elevation feet | 187 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Kydhonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds
TYPE
1. hab. Moody [1987], 'FUNCTION: Minoan - habitation'2. Sherds. Kanta [1980], 234 'Sherds of plain kylikes were abundant.'
3. Sherds. Hood [1965], 107 'The few sherds recovered here ..., included one or two Minoan, ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Minoan: (3100 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Hood [1965]: 107, '...Minoan, ...'
2. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Moody [1987]: , 'DATE: MMIII/LMI? ...'
3. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Moody [1987]: , 'DATE: MMIII/LMI? ...'
4. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Moody [1987]: , 'DATE: ... LMIII', Kanta found many sherds of LMIII plain kylikes on the site and dates it to LMIII.
b. Kanta [1980]: 234, 'An LM III site is on the hill by the Chania road, near the small church.'
NOTES
1. This hill identified from the photo in Hood [1965], Plate 22.
2. The pile of stones ('On the summit is a large pile of stones, ...') mentioned by Hood (1965) 107 is unlikely any longer to exist. The entire area has in recent years been heavily built over.
3. For a discussion of the location of Stalos Vouno see http://mycenaeanatlasproject.blogspot.com/2018/06/cape-galatas-and-stalos-vouno.html
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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. 5. Stalos: 'Vouno'', pg. 107.
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., '19. Stalos', pg. 234.
3. 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, STL1', Online here.
PHOTOS AND IMAGES
Stalos: Vouno FG3
Photo created by M.S.F. Hood and labeled by R. Consoli