Site details

Khavgiaris Cave

PK	C5765
TITLE	Khavgiaris Cave
WGS84	35.590072° N, 24.110671° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	35.590072, 24.110671
LON/LAT	24.110671, 35.590072

DMS

35° 35' 24.2592" N

24° 6' 38.4156" E

W3W	bitumen, basically, chalks
UTM	35 S, 238215, 3942326
EGSA87	509877, 3938200

Elevation m	179
Elevation feet	587.3
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kydhonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cave

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Hood [1965], 110    'L.M., Hellenistic, Roman, and Medieval sherds note by Faure in and around the cave.'
2.    Sherds.   Faure [1960], 213    '...jonchée de tessons.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood [1965]: 110, 'L.M., Hellenistic, Roman, and Medieval sherds note by Faure in and around the cave.'
    b.    Faure [1960]: 213, 'Des profils grimaçants peuvent avoir servi d'idoles. La poterie locale, ici comme au voisinage de la grotte, est MR,...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Faure [1960]: Faure, Paul. ‘Nouvelles recherches de spéléologie et de topographie crétoises’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (84:1), 189-220, 1960., '', pg. 213. 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. 16 'Khavyiaras Cave'', pg. 110. Online here.