PKey Report

PK	C7941
TITLE	Avgo Panagias
WGS84	35.121288° N, 25.884316° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.121288, 25.884316
LON/LAT	25.884316, 35.121288

DMS

35° 7' 16.6368" N

25° 53' 3.5376" E

W3W	tinkling, bullseye, experimental
UTM	35 S, 398340.25, 3887063.05
EGSA87	671555, 3887829

Elevation m	445
Elevation feet	1460
Region	Crete
Subregion	Ierapetra

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1. Artifacts. Kanta [1980], 145 'Several bronze objects, ... '

2. Fortress. Kanta [1980], 145 'Evans ... considered the whole a fortress guarding the pass.'

3. Lithics. Kanta [1980], 145 ' ..., some stone implements and the upper part of a small female figurine were also found.'

4. Pottery. Kanta [1980], 145 'There were bowls "like those from Melos", ... '

5. Pottery. Judson [2018], 44 'The presence of a small settlement at the site is indicated by a light pottery scatter ... '

6. Settlement. Kanta [1980], 145 ' ..., the building lying under the chapel of Panagia was a "megalithic homestead" ... '

7. Settlement. Judson [2018], 44 'The presence of a small settlement at the site is indicated by a light pottery scatter ... '

8.    Sherds.   Kanta [1980], 145    ' ..., pithos sherds with rope and band decoration.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)

    a.    Judson [2018]: 44, 'Dates of occupation: MMI-II, ... '

2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)

    a.    Judson [2018]: 44, 'Dates of occupation: MMI-II, ... '

3. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)

    a.    Kanta [1980]: 145, 'He (Bosanquet, rhc) considers it to be of "late Mycenaean" date ... '

4. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)

    a.    Kanta [1980]: 145, 'Pendlebury also reports that a few LM III B sherds were found on the location ... '

    b.    Kanta [1980]: 146, 'An LM III B date does not seem improbable for the house ... '

    c.    Pollard [2022]: 65, 'Periods of occupation: LM IIIB?'

5. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)

    a.    Judson [2018]: 44, ' ... containing LM IIIC through G/Ar pottery.'

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)

    a.    Judson [2018]: 44, 'Nowicki reports that diagnostic PG and G sherds were especially prevalent on the surface in this location.'

7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)

    a.    Judson [2018]: 44, ' ... containing LM IIIC through G/Ar pottery.', 'Nowicki reports that diagnostic PG and G sherds were especially prevalent on the surface in this location.'

8. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)

    a.    Judson [2018]: 44, ' ... containing LM IIIC through G/Ar pottery.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Judson [2018]: Judson, Catharine Elizabeth. Protogeometric and Geometric Crete. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 'A19. Site name/toponym(s): Kavousi Avgo: Trapeza', pg. 44. Online here.

2. Kanta [1980]: Kanta, Athanasia. The Late Minoan III Period in Crete; A Survey of Sites, Pottery and their Distribution. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg. Sweden. 1980., '3. Avgos', pg. 145.

3. Pollard [2022]: Pollard, Dominic. Between the Mountains and the Sea: Landscapes of Settlement, Subsistence and Funerary Practice in Later Bronze Age and Iron Age Crete: Appendices. Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Institute of Archaeology University College London (UCL), '388. Avgo Panagias', pg. 65. Online here.