Site details

Kavrochori: Xepetra

PK	C5851
TITLE	Kavrochori: Xepetra
WGS84	35.308162° N, 25.046726° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.308162, 25.046726
LON/LAT	25.046726, 35.308162

DMS

35° 18' 29.3832" N

25° 2' 48.2136" E

W3W	inflect, logical, resorting
UTM	35 S, 322420, 3908968
EGSA87	595009, 3907432

Elevation m	70
Elevation feet	229.7
Region	Crete
Subregion	Malevyzion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Kanta [1980], 22    'A deep bowl and two stirrup jars with airholes and knobs on the disk were accidentally discovered in 1970.'
2.    Pottery.   Eaby [2007], 102    '..., a krateriskos (deep bowl) and two stirrup jars, ...'
3.    Pottery.   Syriopoulos [1983], 213    '...two amphoriskoi and one krater...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 102, '..., mostly likely SM/PG, ...'
    b.    Syriopoulos [1983]: 213, '...Protogeometric period.

2. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 102, '..., mostly likely SM/PG, ...'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 22, 'Their date is probably Subminoan rather than Protogeometric.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Eaby [2007]: Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., '64. Kavrochori: B. Xepetra', pg. 102. 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., '19. Kavrokhori', pg. 22.

3. Syriopoulos [1983]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Eisagoge eis ten archaian elleniken Istorian. Oi Metabatikoi Chronoi Apo tes Mykenaikes eis ten Archaiken Periodon 1200-700 pch. Vol. 1. Athens. 1983., '193. Kavrochori', pg. 213. Greek language source