Site details

Kythera: Leska

PK	C6776
TITLE	Kythera: Leska
WGS84	36.235317° N, 22.936074° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	36.235317, 22.936074
LON/LAT	22.936074, 36.235317

DMS

36° 14' 7.1412" N

22° 56' 9.8664" E

W3W	returning, amble, guzzled
UTM	34 S, 673983.94, 4011787.01
EGSA87	404246, 4010285

Elevation m	486
Elevation feet	1594.5
Region	Kythera

GENERAL SITE TYPE Peak Sanctuary

TYPE

1.    Peak Sanctuary.   Georgiadis [2012], 8    ' ... and the site of the suggested peak sanctuary was initially identified by Adonis Kyrou ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Georgiadis [2012]: 9, ' ... a limited use of this area during the Early Helladic period, ... '

2. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Georgiadis [2012]: 9, 'The Middle Minoan IB-II period is represented by a limited number of diagnostic finds, ... '

3. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Georgiadis [2012]: 9, 'The Middle Minoan IB-II period is represented by a limited number of diagnostic finds, ... '

4. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Georgiadis [2012]: 9, 'The majority of the finds can be dated to the Neopalatial period (Middle Minoan III to Late Minoan IB).'

5. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Georgiadis [2012]: 9, 'The majority of the finds can be dated to the Neopalatial period (Middle Minoan III to Late Minoan IB).'

6. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Georgiadis [2012]: 9, 'The majority of the finds can be dated to the Neopalatial period (Middle Minoan III to Late Minoan IB).'

NOTE

1. For additional see: Georgiadis, Mercourios. 'The Physical Environment and the Beliefs at Leska, a new Peak Sanctuary on Kythera' in Aegaeum (37), pp. 481-484, 2014 which is online here

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Georgiadis [2012]: Georgiadis, Mercourios. ‘Leska; a new peak sanctuary on the island of Kythera’, Journal of Prehistoric Religion (23). 7-23. 2012., 'Leska', pg. 8. Online here.