Site details

Karpathos: Ais Minas

PK	C5977
TITLE	Karpathos: Ais Minas
WGS84	35.418428° N, 27.162434° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	35.418428, 27.162434
LON/LAT	27.162434, 35.418428

DMS

35° 25' 6.3408" N

27° 9' 44.7624" E

W3W	momentarily, secure, homage
UTM	35 S, 514747, 3919459
EGSA87	787001, 3923753

Elevation m	7
Elevation feet	23
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Karpathos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cave

TYPE

1.    Cave.   Melas [1985], 35    'The evidence from Ais Minas suggests that the cave was used as a residence ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Minoan: (3100 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 66, '681. Handle fr. of flat section most probably from a Minoan cup.'

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 35, '...used as a residence and probably as a sanctuary from the Middle Bronze Age, if not earlier, ...'

3. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 66, '679. Wall fr. most probably from MM or LM I cooking vessel. ...'

4. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 66, '680. Belly fr. probably of a MM or LM juglet.'

5. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 66, '679. Wall fr. most probably from MM or LM I cooking vessel. ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Melas [1985]: Melas, Emmanuel. The Islands of Karpathos, Saros and Kasos in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg 1985., 'D27. Ais Minas', pg. 34.