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Melidhoni: Skolakas Cave

PKC5776
TITLEMelidhoni: Skolakas Cave
WGS84 35.386853° N, 24.131028° E
Accuracy 200 m.

LAT/LON 35.386853, 24.131028
LON/LAT 24.131028, 35.386853

DMS 35° 23' 12.6708" N,24° 7' 51.7008" E

W3Wwhim, sorted, deploy
UTM35 S, 239404, 3919725
EGSA87 511751, 3915664

Elevation m258
Elevation feet 846.5
RegionCrete
SubregionApokoronas





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Hood [1965], 112    'Faure reports ...; and abundant L.M. IIIB and Subminoan sherds, ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Hood [1965]: 112, '... abundant L.M. IIIB ...'

2. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Hood [1965]: 112, '...and Subminoan sherds, ...'

NOTE

1.  There are several caves in the 'territory of the village of Pemonia'. I placed the mark following Topoguide but this may not be the correct one.

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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., 'D. 4. Melidhoni; 3. 'Skolakas'', pg. 112. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5776 is at 35.4523° N, 24.17538° E, a straight-line distance of 8 km and 296 m.