Site details

Gonies Philioremos

PK	C6132
TITLE	Gonies Philioremos
WGS84	35.297095° N, 24.921956° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	35.297095, 24.921956
LON/LAT	24.921956, 35.297095

DMS

35° 17' 49.542" N

24° 55' 19.0416" E

W3W	prominence, preventable, requires
UTM	35 S, 311049, 3907971
EGSA87	583677, 3906092

Elevation m	780
Elevation feet	2559.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Mylopotamos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Peak Sanctuary

TYPE

1.    Peak Sanctuary.   Nowicki [2007], 1    ' ... a series of newly identified Bronze Age cult places in Crete, conventionally called peak sanctuaries.'
2.    Sanctuary.   Faure [1967], 125    ' ... ce sanctuaire ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 2, ' ... shortly before the foundation of the Minoan palaces and during the Protopalatial period (MM I - II).'
    b.    Faure [1967]: 127, '... "there were found clay cups and one figurine from the MM I temple ..." RHC translation.'

2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 2, ' ... shortly before the foundation of the Minoan palaces and during the Protopalatial period (MM I - II).'

NOTES

1. Additional: see Kr. Chr. 1964, 282.

2. This peak sanctuary can be seen clearly in Google Earth. The best image is dated 7/21/2015. Compare the drawing in Aichner [2013] abb. 7 which is borrowed from B. Rutkowski, 'Minoan Peak Sanctuaries. Topography and Architecture', Aegaeum (2), 1988, 71-98., Taf. XI.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Aichner [2013]: Aichner, Constanze. Höhenheiligtümer und Schreine in Palästen und Siedlungen der Altpalastzeit Kretas. Ein Vergleich des rituellen Inventars. Thesis for Magistra der Philosophie, Vienna, 2013., '', Online here.

2. Faure [1967]: Faure, Paul. ‘Nouvelles recherches sur trois sortes de sanctuaires crétois’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (91:1), pp. 114-150, 1967., '- Lieu-dit Philioremos ...', pg. 125. Online here.

3. 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., 'Fig. 1. No. 22 Gonies Filioromos', pg. 2. Online here.