Sybrita/Thronos: Kephala
| PK | C5610 |
| TITLE | Sybrita∕Thronos: Kephala |
| WGS84 | 35.259776° N, 24.639911° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.259776, 24.639911 |
| LON/LAT | 24.639911, 35.259776 |
| DMS | 35° 15' 35.1936" N | , | 24° 38' 23.6796" E |
| W3W | possessive, exhibiting, bridegroom |
| UTM | 35 S, 285300, 3904405 |
| EGSA87 | 558060, 3901751 |
| Elevation m | 607 |
| Elevation feet | 1991.5 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Amari |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Settlement. Kanta [1980], 208 'An LM III settlement ...'2. Settlement. Hood et al. [1964], 22 'On the summit of 'Kefala' are traces of an extensive L.M. III settlement...', 'Traces of an extensive L.M. III settlement were noted by Kirsten on the summit ...'
3. Settlement. Nowicki [2000], 199 'An extensive LM III C settlement on the top of Kefala was mentioned by Hood, Warren and Cadogan ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Hood et al. [1964]: 72, '...; but one fragment has a relief band of a kind that might be as early as M.M. III...'
2. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Hood et al. [1964]: 72, 'Minoan sherds recovered by us here all appeared to be L.M., ...'
3. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Hood et al. [1964]: 72, '..., many of them (sherds, RHC) certainly L.M. III.'
b. Nowicki [2000]: 199, '...became the main centre of the whole valley ... in some phase of the LM III period.'
c. Kanta [1980]: 208, 'An LM III settlement was identified on this spot.'
4. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 199, 'The earliest material ... was dated to the first half of the LM IIIC period or to an even earlier phase which was described LM IIIB/C ...'
5. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 199, 'The earliest material ... was dated to the first half of the LM IIIC period or to an even earlier phase which was described LM IIIB/C ...'
b. Kanta [2003]: 180, Its date, however, is early LM III C ...
6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 199, '..., PG, G, ...', 'Later on, the summit of the hill was continuously inhabited through Protogeometric and Geometric.'
7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 199, '..., PG, G, ...', 'Later on, the summit of the hill was continuously inhabited through Protogeometric and Geometric.'
NOTES
1. In Hood et al. [1964] 71, FIG. 11 this is point A.
2. Site contributed by Sarah Murray, University of Toronto, Canada.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Deger-Jalkotzy and Zavadil [2006]: Deger-Jalkotzy, Sigrid and Michaela Zavadil (eds.). LH III C Chronology And Synchronisms II; LH III C Middle. Proceedings of the International Workshop held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences at Vienna, October 29th and 30th, 2004., '',
2. Hood et al. [1964]: Hood, Sinclair and Peter Warren, Gerald Cadogan . ‘Travels in Crete, 1962’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (59), pp. 50-99, 1964., '22. Sybrita (modern Thronos, with Yena and Apostoloi)', pg. 71.
Online here.
3. 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., '14. Thronos, Kefala Hill', pg. 208.
4. Kanta [2003]: Kanta, Athanasia. ‘The Citadel of Kastrokephala and the Date of the Minoan Refuge Citadels’, In Deger-Jalkotzy and Zavadil [2006] 167-182, '', Online here.
5. 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., '94. Thronos Kefala (Sybrita?)', pg. 199.