Site details

Prinias or Gallou to Skopeli

PK	C6225
TITLE	Prinias or Gallou to Skopeli
WGS84	35.150531° N, 26.125611° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.150531, 26.125611
LON/LAT	26.125611, 35.150531

DMS

35° 9' 1.9116" N

26° 7' 32.1996" E

W3W	cutlets, forfeits, glimmer
UTM	35 S, 420356, 3890086
EGSA87	693476, 3891516

Elevation m	751
Elevation feet	2463.9
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Peak Sanctuary

TYPE

1.    Peak Sanctuary.   Nowicki [2012], 146    'Another East Siteian peak sanctuary worth revisiting is Prinias (also known under the names of Zou and Gallou to Skopeli).'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2012]: 146, ' ... and an ash deposit, which may indicate that the cult activity continued through the MM III - LM I period.'

2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2012]: 146, ' ... and an ash deposit, which may indicate that the cult activity continued through the MM III - LM I period.'

NOTE

1. Position based on Nowicki [2012] 149, Figure 16.9.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Mantzourani and Betancourt eds. [2012]: Mantzourani, Eleni and Philip P. Betancourt. PHILISTOR; Studies in Honor of Costis Davaras. INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2012., '',

2. Nowicki [2012]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. ‘East Cretan Peak Sanctuaries Revisited’, Mantzourani and Betancourt, eds. [2012], pp. 139-154, '', pg. 146. Online here.