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Eileithyias Cave

PKC6001
TITLEEileithyias Cave
WGS84 35.3241° N, 25.205837° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.3241, 25.205837
LON/LAT 25.205837, 35.3241

DMS 35° 19' 26.76" N,25° 12' 21.0132" E

W3Wclothed, pursuing, supposed
UTM35 S, 336919, 3910462
EGSA87 609453, 3909364

Elevation m79
Elevation feet 259.2
RegionCrete
SubregionPedhiadha





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cave

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Kanta [1980], 39    'The LM III sherds pictured in Marinatos 1929 ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 39, '... seem to belong to a late LM III B or LM III B/C stage.'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 39, '... seem to belong to a late LM III B or LM III B/C stage.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  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., 'The Eileithyia cave', pg. 39.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6001 is at 35.33247° N, 25.20462° E, a straight-line distance of 935 m.