Site details

Gremnakas Peak Sanctuary

PK	C6102
TITLE	Gremnakas Peak Sanctuary
WGS84	35.241762° N, 23.593507° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.241762, 23.593507
LON/LAT	23.593507, 35.241762

DMS

35° 14' 30.3432" N

23° 35' 36.6252" E

W3W	doctoral, unnerves, emails
UTM	34 S, 735991, 3902937
EGSA87	462867, 3899641

Elevation m	144
Elevation feet	472.4
Region	Crete
Subregion	Selino

GENERAL SITE TYPE Peak Sanctuary

TYPE

1.    Peak Sanctuary.   Nowicki [2007], 11    'A small peak sanctuary was identified on this rocky spur ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 13, 'The material visible on the surface of the peak sanctuary on Gremnakas suggests only a short use of the cult site probably late in MM II or in MM III.'

2. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 13, 'The material visible on the surface of the peak sanctuary on Gremnakas suggests only a short use of the cult site probably late in MM II or in MM III.'

NOTE

1. Corresponds to Nowicki's [2007] Terrace A

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Nowicki [2007]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. ‘Some Remarks on New Peak Sanctuaries in Crete: Topography of a Ritual Area and Relation with Settlements’, Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, (122), 1-31, 2007., 'Ag. Kyriaki Gremnakas', pg. 10. Online here.