Site details

Pankalokhori: Goddess

PK	C5812
TITLE	Pankalokhori: Goddess
WGS84	35.36946° N, 24.591615° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	35.36946, 24.591615
LON/LAT	24.591615, 35.36946

DMS

35° 22' 10.056" N

24° 35' 29.814" E

W3W	ceilings, loading, frustrates
UTM	35 S, 281202, 3916679
EGSA87	553594, 3913888

Elevation m	84
Elevation feet	275.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Rethymnon

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Figurine.   Baxevani-Kouzioni and Markoulaki [1996], 641    '... la grande idole ...'
2.    Figurine.   Kanta [1980], 214    'A clay figurine in the form of a bell-skirted goddess with raised arms ... was accidentally found in a house plot of the modern village.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Baxevani-Kouzioni and Markoulaki [1996]: 641, '... la grande idole MR III B de la déesse aux bras levés, découverte fortuitement en 1933 sous une maison du village.'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 214, 'It dates from LM III B ...'

NOTES

1. Baxevani-Kouzioni and Markoulaki [1996] draw attention to the fact that this is the only indication of a Minoan sanctuary in this area.

2. The figurine is illustrated in Kanta [1980] in Fig. 88, 1-3.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Baxevani-Kouzioni and Markoulaki [1996]: Baxevani-Kouzioni, Katerina and Stavroula Markoulaki . ‘Une tombe à chambre MR III à Pankalochori (nome de Réthymnon)’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (120-2), pp. 641-703, 1996., '', pg. 641. 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., '5. Pankalokhori', pg. 214.