Site details
Saint John the Hermit Cave (Katholikou)
| PK | C5766 |
| TITLE | Saint John the Hermit Cave (Katholikou) |
| WGS84 | 35.590288° N, 24.145895° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.590288, 24.145895 |
| LON/LAT | 24.145895, 35.590288 |
| DMS | 35° 35' 25.0368" N | , | 24° 8' 45.222" E |
| W3W | prosecuted, diddled, chewier |
| UTM | 35 S, 241408, 3942257 |
| EGSA87 | 513068, 3938228 |
| Elevation m | 112 |
| Elevation feet | 367.5 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Kydhonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cave
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Moody [1987], 'Evidence for Minoan activity in the cave is poor. ... Faure reports 1 orange bead ... and various coarse sherds that are undiagnostic, ...'2. Bead. Faure [1960], 211 '...; j'y ai ramassé une pierre de collier orange, ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Faure [1960]: 211, '..., peut-être préhistorique, ...'
2. Minoan: (3100 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Moody [1987]: , ? '...Evidence for Minoan activity in the cave is poor.'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Faure [1960]: Faure, Paul. ‘Nouvelles recherches de spéléologie et de topographie crétoises’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (84:1), 189-220, 1960., '1 Katholiko', pg. 211.
Online here.
2. 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., 'GV2A Khordhaki: Katholiko Cave', Online here.