Site details

Platania: Anthropotrypa Cave

PK	C5783
TITLE	Platania: Anthropotrypa Cave
WGS84	35.49756° N, 23.932307° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.49756, 23.932307
LON/LAT	23.932307, 35.49756

DMS

35° 29' 51.216" N

23° 55' 56.3052" E

W3W	cajoles, coils, dreaded
UTM	34 S, 765986, 3932177
EGSA87	493712, 3927936

Elevation m	97
Elevation feet	318.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kydhonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Kanta [1980], 233    'An LM III B sherd is reported by Faure from the cave of Anthropotrypa on Mount Troullos.'
2.    Sherds.   Faure [1969], 203    '...tessons ..., ... MR 3 b, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 233, 'An LM III B sherd ...'
    b.    Faure [1969]: 203, '...tessons ..., ... MR 3 b, ...'

NOTE

1. Placement strictly notional: 3 km. SE of Platanias. I have no better information.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Faure [1969]: Faure, Paul. ‘Sur trois sortes de sanctuaires crétois’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (93:1) 174-213. 1969., '- Anthropotrypa (Gk.)', pg. 203. 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., '14. Platanias', pg. 233.