Site details

Kalathiana/Petrota

PK	C5889
TITLE	Kalathiana∕Petrota
WGS84	35.118114° N, 26.077809° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.118114, 26.077809
LON/LAT	26.077809, 35.118114

DMS

35° 7' 5.2104" N

26° 4' 40.1124" E

W3W	shout, bandits, onlookers
UTM	35 S, 415968, 3886531
EGSA87	689197, 3887828

Elevation m	223
Elevation feet	731.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cave.   Eaby [2007], 69    '... a small ellipsoidal funerary cave/rock shelter (called Kalathiana or Petrota), ...'
2.    Cem.   Vavouranakis [2007], 50    'A cave of ellipsoidal plan contained LM IIIA-C multiple inhumations ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 50, '...contained LM IIIA-C multiple inhumations ...'

2. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 69, 'The cave was first used for burial in LM IIIA2 (seven vases), ...'

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 50, '...contained LM IIIA-C multiple inhumations ...'

4. Early Iron Age: (1200 BC - 960 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 50, ' The cemetery was mainly used in the Early Iron Age and the early burials were disturbed by this later funerary activity ...'

5. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Vavouranakis [2007]: 50, '...contained LM IIIA-C multiple inhumations ...'

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 69, '..., and shows signs of additional activity in SM-PG (four vases and a bronze fibula), ...'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 69, '..., PGB - EG (two vases), ...'

7. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 69, '..., and shows signs of additional activity in SM-PG (four vases and a bronze fibula), ...'

8. Early Geometric: (900 BC - 850 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 69, '..., PGB - EG (two vases), ...'

9. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 69, '..., LG (eleven vases and a triton shell), and LG-EO (six vases).'

NOTE

1. Eaby [2007] 69 says 'Located ~2 km north-northwest of the village of Ag. Spyridon, ...' This location is 2 km by road from Ag. Sp. An alternate location might be 35.121154° N, 26.081658° E which is about 1860 m. from Ag. Sp.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Eaby [2007]: Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., '32. Agios Spyridon; A. Kalathiana/Petrota', pg. 69. Online here.

2. Vavouranakis [2007]: Vavouranakis, Giorgos. Funerary Landscapes East of Lasithi, Crete, in the Bronze Age. BAR International Series, no. 1606, 2007, 'Other Postpalatial burial sites', pg. 50. Online here.