Kamares: Sopato
| PK | C6125 |
| TITLE | Kamares: Sopato |
| WGS84 | 35.151478° N, 24.817173° E |
| Accuracy | 50 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.151478, 24.817173 |
| LON/LAT | 24.817173, 35.151478 |
| DMS | 35° 9' 5.3208" N | , | 24° 49' 1.8228" E |
| W3W | kindled, knaves, breezed |
| UTM | 35 S, 301165, 3892023 |
| EGSA87 | 574283, 3889858 |
| Elevation m | 569 |
| Elevation feet | 1866.8 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Pyrgiotissa |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Cem. Eaby [2007], 135 ' ... they found and explored four small, pillaged tholos tombs.'2. Cem. Taramelli [1901], 439 'I explored four tombs already ransacked by the peasants ... '
3. cem. Kanta [1980], 111 ' ... Taramelli, ..., visited the village of Kamares, where in the location "tis Kaimenis to Sopato" he was shown a "Mycenaean" cemetery.'
4. Tomb. Faure [1964], 111 ' ... les tombes voûtées et les ruines ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Eaby [2007]: 136, 'Taramelli called the tombs "Mycenaean," though he saw no datable finds.'
b. Taramelli [1901]: 439, 'I also examined the Mycenaean necropolis, ... '
2. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 112, 'The motifs and shape are III A in date ...'
3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 112, 'They continue in III B and ... '
4. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
a. Faure [1964]: 111, ' ... du début de l'âge du fer ... '
5. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 112, 'The III C vases can be identified by their more or less conical shape ... '
NOTES
1. Taramelli [1901] used the word "Mycenaean" and so I have set the chronological horizon to 'LH'. But this might better be considered 'LM'. The vases are desribed best in Kanta [1980] 111-12.
2. I have placed the location marker based on Taramelli's [1901] 439 description: ' ...; it occupies the summit of a hill at the meeting of two valleys, in a locality well adapted for a Mycenaean settlement, and cut at its eastern limit by the deep furrow of the valley which skirts it.'
3. A brief description is in Paul Faure [1964] 178.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Eaby [2007]: Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., '94. Kamares; A. Sopato', pg. 135.
Online here.
2. Faure [1964]: Faure, Paul. Fonctions des Cavernes Crétoises. Editions E. de Boccard, Paris, 1964., 'Kamarès', pg. 178.
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Online here.
3. 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., '5. Kamares', pg. 111.
4. Taramelli [1901]: Taramelli, Antonio. ‘Cretan Expedition XX. A Visit to the Grotto of Camares on Mount Ida’, American Journal of Archaeology (5:4) 437-451. 1901., '', pg. 439.
At the words: 'I also examined the Mycenaean necropolis, ... '
Online here.