Site details

Berati: Cave Shelter

PK	C5912
TITLE	Berati: Cave Shelter
WGS84	35.174806° N, 26.088647° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.174806, 26.088647
LON/LAT	26.088647, 35.174806

DMS

35° 10' 29.3016" N

26° 5' 19.1292" E

W3W	generators, bonanza, confinement
UTM	35 S, 417013.59, 3892808.89
EGSA87	690052, 3894137

Elevation m	81
Elevation feet	265.7
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Eaby [2007], 83    ' ... was found an LM III box-shaped larnax which had been re-used for a PG burial, ... '
2.    Cem.   Eaby [2007], 83    'At Berati to the southwest of the village (Piskokephalo, rhc), in 1952 during the opening of the Ierapetra-Siteia road, burials were found ...'
3.    Cem.   Kanta [1980], 177    'A bath-tub shaped sarcophagus ..., accidentally found in this area and decorated with octopus, ...', 'A burial cave was found at the Berati location ...'
4.    Cem.   PAE[1952], 640
5.    Cem.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'Type: Necropolis'
6.    Cem.   Kanta [1980], 177    'A burial cave was found at the Berati location whose use began in LM III C.'
7.    Pottery.   Eaby [2007], 83    'Approximately 40 vases, including stirrup jars, and a small Geometric terracotta fish were among the finds recovered from the cave, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 177, 'This feature suggests a late LM III B or early LM III C date for the sarcophagi. The date of the Piskokefalo sarcophagus must be similar ...'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 177, 'This feature suggests a late LM III B or early LM III C date for the sarcophagi. The date of the Piskokefalo sarcophagus must be similar ...'
    b.    PAE[1952]: 640,
    c.    Eaby [2007]: 83, 'The cave was used at the end of LM IIIC, PG, and G.'
    d.    Kanta [1980]: 177, '...whose use began in LM III C.', 'A sarcophagus, stirrup jars and some other vases are III C in date.'

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    PAE[1952]: 640,
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 83, 'The cave was used at the end of LM IIIC, PG, and G.'
    c.    Kanta [1980]: 177, 'It was also used during the last Minoan, Protogeometric and Geometric times.'
    d.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From PG to EA; Date: From 10th c. BC to 7th c. BC, 1st half.'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    PAE[1952]: 640,
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 83, 'The cave was used at the end of LM IIIC, PG, and G.'
    c.    Kanta [1980]: 177, 'It was also used during the last Minoan, Protogeometric and Geometric times.'
    d.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From PG to EA; Date: From 10th c. BC to 7th c. BC, 1st half.'

5. Early Archaic: (700 BC - 600 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From PG to EA; Date: From 10th c. BC to 7th c. BC, 1st half.'

NOTE

1. Position taken from the Aristeia Project page 'Piskokefalo Berati' which is here. Additional bibliographic details are also available on that page.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1952]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1952., '', pg. 640.

2. 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., '48. Piskokephalo; A. Berati', pg. 83. Online here.

3. 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., '10. Piskokefalo', pg. 177.

4. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Piskokefalo Berati', Online here.