Afrati: Profitis Elias/Arkades
| PK | C5118 |
| TITLE | Afrati: Profitis Elias∕Arkades |
| WGS84 | 35.10241° N, 25.340347° E |
| Accuracy | 20 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.10241, 25.340347 |
| LON/LAT | 25.340347, 35.10241 |
| DMS | 35° 6' 8.676" N | , | 25° 20' 25.2492" E |
| W3W | perm, highest, occasions |
| UTM | 35 S, 348736, 3885660 |
| EGSA87 | 622012, 3884933 |
| Elevation m | 672 |
| Elevation feet | 2204.7 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Pedhiadha |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. hab. Nowicki [2000], 180 'On the summit, close to the Profitis Elias church, a construction identified as a defensible fort was unearthed; ...'2. settlement. Eaby [2007], 115 '...is located on the summit of Profitis Elias Hill near modern Aphrati, and it was allegedly founded by immigrant Arkadians from the Peloponnesos.'
3. Tholos. Kanta [1980], 75 'Pendlebury refers to Subminoan tholos tombs at this site. These were situated on the summit of Hagios Ilias, between Embaros and Nipidhitos.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 180, 'Some potsherds can even be dated to the LM IIIC period and it is possible that the settlement originated already by that time.'
b. Eaby [2007]: 115, '...(LM IIIC/SM through Hellenistic) ...'
c. Kanta [1980]: 75, 'An LM III C miniature jug with a straight-sided body, in the Metaxas collection, comes from Afrati.'
2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 180, '... the settlement on the summit was occupied when the tombs at To Kefali Tou Kofinas, namely SM/PG, were in use ...'
3. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 180, '... the settlement on the summit was occupied when the tombs at To Kefali Tou Kofinas, namely SM/PG, were in use ...'
b. Kanta [1980]: 75, ' ... Subminoan tholos tombs ... '
4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 180, '...; houses with Geometric and Archaic deposits were uncovered ...'
b. Eaby [2007]: 115, '...(LM IIIC/SM through Hellenistic) ...'
5. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 180, '...; houses with Geometric and Archaic deposits were uncovered ...'
b. Eaby [2007]: 115, '...(LM IIIC/SM through Hellenistic) ...'
NOTES
1. Nowicki [2000] mentions at least two tomb complexes to the west of the summit, p. 180.
2. Some of the finds from this area are described with photographs in Karageorghis et al. [2014] 22, 'Arkades'.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Eaby [2007]: Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., '76. Arkades (Aphrati)', pg. 115.
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., '28. Afrati', pg. 75.
3. Karageorghis et al. (edd.) [2014]: Karageorghis, Vassos and Athanasia Kanta, Nikolaos Chr. Stampolidis, Yiannis Sakellarakis. Kypriaka in Crete; from the Bronze Age to the end of the Archaic Period. Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP), Nicosia, 2014, 'Arkades', pg. 22.
Online here.
4. Nowicki [2000]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Defensible Sites in Crete; c. 1200 - 800 B.C. (LM IIIB/IIIC through Early Geometric). Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 21., '79. Afrati Profitis Elias/Arkades?', pg. 179.