Site details

Spili Vorizi Sanctuary

PK	C6117
TITLE	Spili Vorizi Sanctuary
WGS84	35.213633° N, 24.541765° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.213633, 24.541765
LON/LAT	24.541765, 35.213633

DMS

35° 12' 49.0788" N

24° 32' 30.354" E

W3W	farmworkers, whiten, restates
UTM	35 S, 276243, 3899503
EGSA87	549160, 3896580

Elevation m	799
Elevation feet	2621.4
Region	Crete
Subregion	Amari

GENERAL SITE TYPE Peak Sanctuary

TYPE

1.    Peak Sanctuary.   Nowicki [2000], 200    'The MM phase at this site may represent the settlement related to the peak sanctuary on the summit of Vorizi, ... '
2.    Peak Sanctuary.   Nowicki [1994], 42    'The peak sanctuary is located here above the village on a terrace ... '
3.    Peak Sanctuary.   Nowicki [2007], 5    ' A 'local' peak sanctuary, ..., was identified about 300 m northwest of the highest peak of Vorizi ..., at the very edge of the cliff ... which overlooks the valley'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Prepalatial: (3100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [1994]: 42, 'The earliest material on the peak sanctuary of Spili Vorizi, ..., suggests a Prepalatial foundation, ... '

2. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 200, 'The MM phase ... '

3. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 6, 'The examined fragments date to the MM I - II period; no certain LM I fragment has been noted.'

4. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 6, 'The examined fragments date to the MM I - II period; no certain LM I fragment has been noted.'

NOTE

1. Position based on the photographs and, in particular, the drawings in Nowicki [2007]. For a good example see Fig. 6, p. 7.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Baird [2007]: Baird, W. Shepard. The Archaeological Sites of the Aegean Minoans, '', Online here.

2. Nowicki [2000]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Defensible Sites in Crete; c. 1200 - 800 B.C. (LM IIIB/IIIC through Early Geometric). Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 21., '96. Spili Vorizi', pg. 200.

3. Nowicki [1994]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. ‘Some Remarks on the Pre- and Protopalatial Peak Sanctuaries in Crete’, AEA(1), 31-48, 1994., '42. Spili', pg. 42. Online here.

4. 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., '', pg. 5. Online here.