Site details

Saktouria: Ayios Ioannis

PK	C7433
TITLE	Saktouria: Ayios Ioannis
WGS84	35.10532° N, 24.603318° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.10532, 24.603318
LON/LAT	24.603318, 35.10532

DMS

35° 6' 19.152" N

24° 36' 11.9448" E

W3W	staffers, livery, mentions
UTM	35 S, 281557.65, 3887351.04
EGSA87	554835, 3884600

Elevation m	172
Elevation feet	564.3
Region	Crete
Subregion	Hagios Vasileios

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Hood and Warren [1966], 172    'A large Minoan clay idol was found in 1947 ... '
2.    Settlement.   Hood and Warren [1966], 172    'Minoan settlement, ... ', 'Here and there what seem to be remains of Minoan house and terrace walls ... '
3.    Sherds.   Hood and Warren [1966], 172    'One bag of sherds kept, mostly Minoan, but some Roman or later.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 172, 'The Minoan pottery seems to be M.M. II/III - L.M. I in character ... '

2. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 172, 'The Minoan pottery seems to be M.M. II/III - L.M. I in character ... '

3. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 172, 'The Minoan pottery seems to be M.M. II/III - L.M. I in character ... ', 'None of the Minoan pottery recovered by us seems to be later than L.M. I.'

4. Roman: (753 BC - 395 AD)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 172, ' ..., but some Roman or later.'

NOTE

1. The church of Ayios Ioannis is at F6754.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hood and Warren [1966]: Hood, Sinclair and Peter Warren. ‘Ancient Sites in the Province of Ayios Vasilios, Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (61) pp. 163-191, 1966., '6. Saktouria: 'Ayios Ioannis'', pg. 172. Online here.