Site details

Agia Pelagia: Hab

PK	C5919
TITLE	Agia Pelagia: Hab
WGS84	35.40872° N, 25.019122° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.40872, 25.019122
LON/LAT	25.019122, 35.40872

DMS

35° 24' 31.392" N

25° 1' 8.8392" E

W3W	varsity, values, gazer
UTM	35 S, 320133, 3920172
EGSA87	592385, 3918558

Elevation m	16
Elevation feet	52.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Malevyzion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Kanta [1980], 18    'Evans reports a Minoan harbour and cemetry (sic) from this location.'
2.    Cem.   Pendlebury [1965], 263    'Cemetery described by Evans, P. of M., I, 299.'
3.    Settlement.   Eaby [2007], 101    'Evidence of a Minoan settlement ... was uncovered during excavations in 1971 at Cape Souda, which is located immediately beside the sea near the chapel of Agia Pelagia; ...'
4.    Settlement.   Kanta [1980], 18    '...the Hagia Pelagia settlement site...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Pendlebury [1965]: 263, Implied.

2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 101, '... Minoan settlement (LM I-IIIC, ...)...'

3. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 101, '... Minoan settlement (LM I-IIIC, ...)...'

4. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 18, 'The LM III levels lie under Hellenistic, Classical, Archaic and Geometric remains.'

5. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 101, '... Minoan settlement (LM I-IIIC, ...)...'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 18, 'The vases ... belong to two chronological phases, the LM III A and the LM III B.'
    c.    Kanta [1980]: 18, 'A few LM III A sherds were also present.'

6. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 18, '... another stirrup jar and a thelastron are early LM III A 2..., '

7. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 101, '... Minoan settlement (LM I-IIIC, especially IIIB)...'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 18, 'The vases ... belong to two chronological phases, the LM III A and the LM III B.'
    c.    Kanta [1980]: 18, '... and late LM III B pottery...'

8. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 101, '... Minoan settlement (LM I-IIIC, ...)...'

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., '63. Agia Pelagia', pg. 101. 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., '12. Hagia Pelagia', pg. 18.

3. Pendlebury [1965]: Pendlebury, John D.. The Archaeology of Crete. Norton, 1965., '(b) Surface Finds; Agia Pelagia', pg. 263.