PKey Report

PK	C5931
TITLE	Aitania: Agridia
WGS84	35.26315° N, 25.209746° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.26315, 25.209746
LON/LAT	25.209746, 35.26315

DMS

35° 15' 47.34" N

25° 12' 35.0856" E

W3W	squirted, trifled, grudges
UTM	35 S, 337152, 3903695
EGSA87	609891, 3902608

Elevation m	136
Elevation feet	446.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pedhiadha

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1. Cave. BCH [1955], 304 '...: une petite grotte funéraire, taillée dans le roc, ...'

2. Cave. Faure [1964], 68 'cavité retaillée'

3. Farm. Kanta [1980], 76 'A farmstead was accidentally discovered here and destroyed during cultivation.'

4. hab. Panagiotakis [2003], 374 'Habitat ... Sur le versant E d'une colline, au SO du village; source au N.'

5. Tomb. Eaby [2007], 114 '..., another G tomb was uncovered ...'

6.    Tomb.   Panagiotakis [2003], 374    'Une tombe géométrique y avait été découverte jadis.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)

    a.    Panagiotakis [2003]: 374, '...[MM III - MR I]'

2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)

    a.    Panagiotakis [2003]: 374, '...[MM III - MR I]'

3. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)

    a.    Kanta [1980]: 76, 'The LM III A 2 has been reported as its probable date.'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)

    a.    Eaby [2007]: 114, '..., another G tomb was uncovered ...'

    b.    BCH [1955]: 304, '..., a livré une trentaine de vases géométriques.'

NOTES

1.  Position based on Panagiotakis' coordinates. Eaby refers to this as 'Gridia'.

2.  This entry combines the tomb and the hab site. Panagiotakis does not give different positions for them.

3.  See the table in Faure [1964], p. 68 for 'Aitania Pediados'.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1955]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 79, 1955., 'Trouvailles fortuites.', pg. 304. Online here.

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., '73. Aitania; B. Gridia', pg. 114. Online here.

3. Faure [1964]: Faure, Paul. Fonctions des Cavernes Crétoises. Editions E. de Boccard, Paris, 1964., '', pg. 68. Online here.

4. 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., '30. Aitania', pg. 76.

5. Panagiotakis [2003]: Panagiotakis, Nikos. ‘L'évolution archéologique de la Pédiada (Crète centrale) : premier bilan d'une prospection’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (127:2), 327-430. 2003., '1. Aitania; Agridia', pg. 374. Online here.