Plati: Kato Kephali
| PK | C5391 |
| TITLE | Plati: Kato Kephali |
| WGS84 | 35.171941° N, 25.44122° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.171941, 25.44122 |
| LON/LAT | 25.44122, 35.171941 |
| DMS | 35° 10' 18.9876" N | , | 25° 26' 28.392" E |
| W3W | flashback, blipped, transactions |
| UTM | 35 S, 358051, 3893223 |
| EGSA87 | 631094, 3892773 |
| Elevation m | 842 |
| Elevation feet | 2762.5 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Lasithi |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Building. Langohr [2009], 85 '... Deux des trois bâtiments mis au jour...'2. hab. Dawkins [1913], 4 '..., but on the eastern slope which faces towards the lower knoll there are numerous remains of Minoan walls.', 'The most important remains are all to the east of this on Kato Kephali, ...'
3. Settlement. Watrous and Blitzer [1982], 63 '...the Minoan settlement excavated by Dawkins on Kato Kephali ...'
4. Settlement. Kanta [1980], 121 'A settlement site was excavated by Dawkins on the low hills of Epano and Kato Kefali ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 63, 'Dawkins distinguished three periods of occupation on the site: LM I, LM III, and Archaic.'
b. Dawkins [1913]: 6, '...there is sufficient evidence to assign them to the Late Minoan I period.'
2. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 63, 'Dawkins distinguished three periods of occupation on the site: LM I, LM III, and Archaic.'
b. Dawkins [1913]: 4, 'The sherds found at the foot of the slope were all Late Minoan III.', '...the houses of the latest and best preserved phase of the Minoan town were Late Minoan III, ...'
c. Kanta [1980]: 121, 'The preserved phase of the settlement's history was LM III, ...'
d. Langohr [2009]: 85, ' ... la période MR III ... '
3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 63, 'Dawkins distinguished three periods of occupation on the site: LM I, LM III, and Archaic.'
b. Dawkins [1913]: 5, '...over a part of the site there was a stratum that must be dated to the archaic Greek period.'
NOTE
1. Langohr [2009] 86 mentions the opinion of some that the architecture of these buildings resembles the corridor house of the Mycenaeans. Langohr prefers to draw their distinct architectural features from Minoan architecture. '... plusieurs éléments dans l'agencement et l'architecture de ces édifices ... qui pointent des origines et des formes crétoises minoennes.'
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Dawkins [1913]: Dawkins, R.M.. ‘Excavations at Plati in Lasithi, Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (20) 1-17, 1913/1914., '', pg. 4.
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., '2. Plati', pg. 121.
3. Langohr [2009]: Langohr, Charlotte. PERIPHEREIA: Étude régionale de la Crète aux Minoen Récent II-IIIB (1450-1200 av. J.-C.) 1 | La Crète centrale et occidentale, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Belgium, 2009., '2.2.5. Plati', pg. 85.
Online here.
4. Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: Watrous, Livingston Vance and H. Blitzer. ‘Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete’, Hesperia Supplements (18), Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete, pp. 1-122. 1982., '69. Plati: Plati', pg. 62.
Online here.