Site details

Atsipades: Paizoules

PK	C5804
TITLE	Atsipades: Paizoules
WGS84	35.220982° N, 24.454979° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	35.220982, 24.454979
LON/LAT	24.454979, 35.220982

DMS

35° 13' 15.5352" N

24° 27' 17.9244" E

W3W	tagged, cheerful, vastly
UTM	35 S, 268363, 3900518
EGSA87	541257, 3897356

Elevation m	431
Elevation feet	1414
Region	Crete
Subregion	Hagios Vasileios

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Nowicki [2000], 206    '... a burial site at the location of Paizoules ...'
2.    Cem.   Kanta [1980], 209    'In 1912 and 1913, Petroulakis excavated a cemetery of burials in pots.'
3.    Cem.   Pendlebury [1965], 255    '...the unique series of figurines from the cemetery of Atsipadhais.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Pendlebury [1965]: 255, 'L.M.IIIa is a blank except for this and the unique series of figurines from the cemetery of Atsipadhais.'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 206, '..., amphoriskoi and stirrup jars of LM IIIC/SM date.'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 209, 'The vases as a whole, dating from the beginning of LM III C onwards, included pyxides, amphoriskoi, stirrup jars, jugs and an askos.'

3. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 206, '..., amphoriskoi and stirrup jars of LM IIIC/SM date.'

NOTE

1. Site contributed by Professor Sarah Murray, University of Toronto, Canada.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., '1. Atsipadhes', pg. 209.

2. Nowicki [2000]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Defensible Sites in Crete; c. 1200 - 800 B.C. (LM IIIB/IIIC through Early Geometric). Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 21., '99. Atsipades Fonises (Prinokephala)', pg. 204. Section on Paizoules is on p. 206.

3. Pendlebury [1965]: Pendlebury, John D.. The Archaeology of Crete. Norton, 1965., '', pg. 255.