Site details

Pandotinou Korifi

PK	C6252
TITLE	Pandotinou Korifi
WGS84	35.031983° N, 25.643706° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	35.031983, 25.643706
LON/LAT	25.643706, 35.031983

DMS

35° 1' 55.1388" N

25° 38' 37.3416" E

W3W	tribunes, collides, voices
UTM	35 S, 376280, 3877431
EGSA87	649791, 3877536

Elevation m	405
Elevation feet	1328.7
Region	Crete
Subregion	Ierapetra

GENERAL SITE TYPE Peak Sanctuary

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Nowicki [2014], 173    ' ... and several figurine fragments ... '
2.    Peak Sanctuary.   Nowicki [2014], 173    ' ..., MM II (-III?) pottery and several figurine fragments (human and animal) indicate the use of the site as a peak sanctuary.'
3.    Peak Sanctuary.   Nowicki [2007], 17    ' ... the new Bronze Age peak sanctuaries presented in this paper ... ', 'My identification of this site is only tentatively proposed, ... '
4.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2014], 173    ' ..., MM II (-III?) pottery ... '

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 173,  Size: 875 sq. m.  ' ... on the flat summit, which is about 50 by 15 - 20 m ... in size.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 17, ' ..., several MM (LM I?) sherds and several pebbles.'

2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 173, ' ..., MM II (-III?) pottery ... '

3. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 173, ' ..., MM II (-III?) pottery ... '

4. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 17, ' ..., several MM (LM I?) sherds and several pebbles.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., 'Anatoli Pandotinou Korifi', pg. 17. Online here.

2. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '94 Anatoli Pandotinou Korifi', pg. 173. Online here.