Site details
Aï Elias: Sanctuary
| PK | C6246 |
| TITLE | Aï Elias: Sanctuary |
| WGS84 | 35.101597° N, 26.064698° E |
| Accuracy | 20 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.101597, 26.064698 |
| LON/LAT | 26.064698, 35.101597 |
| DMS | 35° 6' 5.7492" N | , | 26° 3' 52.9128" E |
| W3W | occupational, headlining, chief |
| UTM | 35 S, 414756, 3884710 |
| EGSA87 | 688040, 3885971 |
| Elevation m | 436 |
| Elevation feet | 1430.4 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Siteia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sanctuary
TYPE
1. Sanctuary. Faure [1967], 116 'a) Sanctuaires d'époque minoenne.'PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Faure [1967]: 121, ' ..., des fragments de stuc, de jarres, de cruches et de tasses MM 3-MR 1.'
2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Faure [1967]: 121, ' ..., des fragments de stuc, de jarres, de cruches et de tasses MM 3-MR 1.'
NOTES
1. My understanding from the text is that Faure did not find these things on the peak but that they were shown to him.
2. Faure, 121, says 'Elle porte à son sommet les ruines d'une chapelle et de maisons d'époque vénitienne.' The summit now (2018) appears to be crowned with a new chapel.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Faure [1967]: Faure, Paul. ‘Nouvelles recherches sur trois sortes de sanctuaires crétois’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (91:1), pp. 114-150, 1967., ''- "Aï Ήλιά'', pg. 121.
Online here.