Site details

Nerospilia Cave

PK	C5728
TITLE	Nerospilia Cave
WGS84	35.600476° N, 24.118865° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	35.600476, 24.118865
LON/LAT	24.118865, 35.600476

DMS

35° 36' 1.7136" N

24° 7' 7.914" E

W3W	birdcage, date, whim
UTM	35 S, 238991, 3943459
EGSA87	510618, 3939355

Elevation m	61
Elevation feet	200.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kydhonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Cave.   Faure [1962], 47    '...une grotte éclairée, ...'
2.    Sherds.   Kanta [1980], 232    '...yielded some LM III sherds.'
3.    Sherds.   Hood [1965], 111    '..., much L.M. III (sherds, rhc), ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Faure [1962]: 47, '..., les sondages ont livré des tessons néolithiques noirs, un fragment délavé de tasse figurant une tige M.R.l, ...'
    b.    Hood [1965]: 111, '...Neolithic sherds, a bit of a cup with decoration assignable to L.M. I, much L.M. III, ...'

2. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 232, 'This cave, investigated by Faure, yielded some LM III sherds.'
    b.    Faure [1962]: 47, '..., les sondages ont livré des tessons néolithiques noirs, ... , du M.R.3 en abondance, ...'
    c.    Hood [1965]: 111, '...Neolithic sherds, a bit of a cup with decoration assignable to L.M. I, much L.M. III, ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Faure [1962]: Faure, Paul. ‘Cavernes et sites aux deux extrémités de la Crète’, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique (86:1), pp. 36-56. 1962., '17', pg. 47. Online here.

2. Hood [1965]: Hood, M.S.F.. ‘Minoan Sites in the Far West of Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (60), pp. 99-113, 1965., 'C. 20. 'Nerospilios' ... Cave', pg. 111. 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., '11. Nerospilios on Akrotiri', pg. 232.