Akrotiri: Hagia Triadha
| PK | C5734 |
| TITLE | Akrotiri: Hagia Triadha |
| WGS84 | 35.56031° N, 24.135181° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.56031, 24.135181 |
| LON/LAT | 24.135181, 35.56031 |
| DMS | 35° 33' 37.116" N | , | 24° 8' 6.6516" E |
| W3W | paraded, invincible, commentator |
| UTM | 35 S, 240340, 3938959 |
| EGSA87 | 512102, 3934902 |
| Elevation m | 81 |
| Elevation feet | 265.7 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Kydhonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. Cem. Moody [1987], 'FUNCTION: Minoan - burials (LMIII cemetery?)'2. Pottery. Faure [1960], 213 '... on a trouvé en 1950, une coupe, un bol, un vase à étrier ...'
3. Settlement. Kanta [1980], 233 '..., Faure noted signs of an important LM III settlement, ...'
4. Settlement. Hood [1965], 110 'Traces of an extensive Minoan settlement at 'Meyieno' ... about half a kilometre east of the monastery.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Moody [1987]: , '...but there are a few pieces which date to MMIII/LMI.'
2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Hood [1965]: 110, 'Burial pithoi with rope ornament of L.M. I type were exposed in digging for sand here in 1957.'
b. Moody [1987]: , '...but there are a few pieces which date to MMIII/LMI.'
3. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Faure [1960]: 213, '... MR III, ...'
b. Hood [1965]: 110, 'There are L.M. III vases ...'
c. Moody [1987]: , 'Most of the material is LMIII...'
4. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Kanta [1980]: 233, '..., possibly LM III B, ...'
b. Kanta [1980]: 233, 'The kylix has the usual high-stemmed III B shape ...'
c. Moody [1987]: , 'A kylix also has a high stem characteristic of LMIIIB.'
NOTES
1. Dr. Faure [1960] 212, describes a site of considerable extent stretching from the gardens of the monastery for about 500 m. to the east at the base of the hills which stretch to the north of Akrotiri. I have placed the mark on the monastery gardens.
2. And see the interesting remarks in Moody [1987] for AT1a.
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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. 212.
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. 15. Ayia Triadha Monastery', 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., '12. Hagia Triadha, Akrotiri', pg. 233.
4. Moody [1987]: Moody, Jennifer Alice. The Environmental and Cultural Prehistory of the Khania Region of West Crete: Neolithic through Late Minoan III. Ph.D. Dissertation. The Graduate School of the University of Minnesota. 1987., 'AT1a', Online here.