Site details

Ag. Kyriaki

PK	C6103
TITLE	Ag. Kyriaki
WGS84	35.239685° N, 23.598452° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.239685, 23.598452
LON/LAT	23.598452, 35.239685

DMS

35° 14' 22.866" N

23° 35' 54.4272" E

W3W	conservation, likenesses, importantly
UTM	34 S, 736447, 3902719
EGSA87	463316, 3899409

Elevation m	26
Elevation feet	85.3
Region	Crete
Subregion	Selino

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    settlement.   Nowicki [2007], 13    ' ... represented a typical provincial settlement inhabited by several tens of families.'
2.    Settlement.   Hood [1967], 51    'Minoan settlement ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 13, ' ... with possible occupation in EM and LM III.'
    b.    Hood [1967]: 52, ' ... some could be Early Minoan.'

2. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 13, 'On my visit I identified also a substantial number of FN II/EM I (and some EM II) sherds.'

3. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 13, 'On my visit I identified also a substantial number of FN II/EM I (and some EM II) sherds.'
    b.    Hood [1967]: 52, ' ... tripod feet, ... (likely to be Early Minoan II or Late Minoan III at Knossos), ... '

4. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 13, 'Hood dated the site to the MM I - LM I periods, ... '
    b.    Hood [1967]: 52, ' ... several sherds look as if they were Middle Minoan I, and ... '
    c.    Hood [1967]: 52, ' ... and a scrap of a strap handle from a cup are probably to be assigned to Middle Minoan I-II.'

5. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Hood [1967]: 52, ' ..., and two (tripod feet, RHC) of thinner oval section (M.M. I - II?).'
    b.    Hood [1967]: 52, ' ... and a scrap of a strap handle from a cup are probably to be assigned to Middle Minoan I-II.'

6. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood [1967]: 52, ' ... tripod feet, ... (likely to be Early Minoan II or Late Minoan III at Knossos), ... '

7. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 13, 'Hood dated the site to the MM I - LM I periods, ... '
    b.    Hood [1967]: 52, ' ..., three (tripod feet, RHC) of thick oval section (M.M. III - L.M. I?), ... '

8. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 13, ' ... with possible occupation in EM and LM III.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hood [1967]: Hood, M.S.F.. ‘Some Ancient Sites in South-West Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (62) 47-56. 1967., 'A. 7. Plakaki Kriou', pg. 51. Online here.

2. 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.