Site details

Kaminaki: Kapheneion

PK	C6098
TITLE	Kaminaki: Kapheneion
WGS84	35.157677° N, 25.467081° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	35.157677, 25.467081
LON/LAT	25.467081, 35.157677

DMS

35° 9' 27.6372" N

25° 28' 1.4916" E

W3W	galleons, unorthodox, singles
UTM	35 S, 360382, 3891605
EGSA87	633473, 3891225

Elevation m	834
Elevation feet	2736.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Lasithi

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Watrous and Blitzer [1982], 59    ' ..., digging for foundations in the largest kapheneion south of the main road produced LM I sherds ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 59, ' ..., MM III - LM I conical cup and bridge spout of a jar; ... '

2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 59, '... produced LM I sherds at a depth of 1.50 m. below the surface, ... '
    b.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 59, ' ...: within Kaminaki, LM I rounded cup ... '

NOTE

1. Watrous describes this as the largest Kapheneion south of the main road. I believe this to be the correct one.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: Watrous, Livingston Vance and H. Blitzer. ‘Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete’, Hesperia Supplements (18), Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete, pp. 1-122. 1982., '61. Kaminaki: Agia Paraskevi.', pg. 59. Online here.