Site details

Karfi: Peak Sanctuary

PK	C6241
TITLE	Karfi: Peak Sanctuary
WGS84	35.21771° N, 25.469601° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	35.21771, 25.469601
LON/LAT	25.469601, 35.21771

DMS

35° 13' 3.756" N

25° 28' 10.5636" E

W3W	duck, divines, pining
UTM	35 S, 360714, 3898260
EGSA87	633604, 3897887

Elevation m	1078
Elevation feet	3536.7
Region	Crete
Subregion	Lasithi

GENERAL SITE TYPE Peak Sanctuary

TYPE

1.    Peak Sanctuary.   Nowicki [2000], 164    'Apart from the Dark Age settlement, Karfi is the site of a MM I - II peak sanctuary, which was situated on the peak of the knoll.'
2.    Peak Sanctuary.   Nowicki [1994], 43    'The peak sanctuary on the summit of Karfi was identified by Pendlebury ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 164, ' ..., Karfi is the site of a MM I - II peak sanctuary, ... '
    b.    Nowicki [1994]: 43, ' ... when the British scholar noted Middle Minoan (MM I - II) pottery and figurines on the top and in the crevices on the eastern side of the rocky knoll.'

2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 164, ' ..., Karfi is the site of a MM I - II peak sanctuary, ... '
    b.    Nowicki [1994]: 43, ' ... when the British scholar noted Middle Minoan (MM I - II) pottery and figurines on the top and in the crevices on the eastern side of the rocky knoll.'

3. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [1994]: 44, ' ... which probably indicate that the spot was built on during the LM IIIC period ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., '', pg. 164.

2. Nowicki [1994]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. ‘Some Remarks on the Pre- and Protopalatial Peak Sanctuaries in Crete’, AEA(1), 31-48, 1994., 'Karfi', pg. 43. Online here.