Site details

Cave of Lera

PK	C5730
TITLE	Cave of Lera
WGS84	35.589995° N, 24.102145° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.589995, 24.102145
LON/LAT	24.102145, 35.589995

DMS

35° 35' 23.982" N

24° 6' 7.722" E

W3W	reason, equips, sunbeam
UTM	35 S, 237441.6, 3942340.58
EGSA87	509105, 3938191

Elevation m	140
Elevation feet	459.3
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kydhonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cave

TYPE

1.    Cult.   Kanta [1980], 232    'It was a cult centre in post-Minoan times, and may have had the same role during LM III.'
2.    Cult.   Faure [1960], 213    'La salle de culte se trouve au-dela d'un petit lac ...'
3.    Lithics.   Hood [1965], 110    'Explored by Faure, who reported obsidian, and sherds of every period (except M.M.) on the slope below the cave; ...', '..., indicating use as a dwelling, ...'
4.    Sherds.   Hood [1965], 110    Explored by Faure, who reported obsidian, and sherds of every period (except M.M.) on the slope below the cave; ...', '..., indicating use as a dwelling, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Faure [1960]: 213, '..tessons de toutes les époques (sauf le MM).'

2. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Faure [1960]: 213, '..tessons de toutes les époques (sauf le MM).', ' Les plus abondantes sont MR, ...'
    b.    Hood [1965]: 110, '..., evidence of cult in L.M., ...'

3. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 232, '... the same role during LM III.'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 232, 'LM III sherds have been found in this cave ...'
    c.    Hood [1965]: 110, 'Soundings in the cave later produced L.M. III, ...'

NOTE

1. And see Faure's remarks in BCH 1962 (86:1) pp. 46-7.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Faure [1960]: Faure, Paul. ‘Nouvelles recherches de spéléologie et de topographie crétoises’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (84:1), 189-220, 1960., '', pg. 213. 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. 17. 'Lera' Cave', pg. 110. 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., '9. The Cave of Lera at Akrotiri', pg. 232.