Site details

Keratokampos Pottery Dump

PK	C7286
TITLE	Keratokampos Pottery Dump
WGS84	34.998791° N, 25.374059° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	34.998791, 25.374059
LON/LAT	25.374059, 34.998791

DMS

34° 59' 55.6476" N

25° 22' 26.6124" E

W3W	terminates, concussion, covets
UTM	35 S, 351621.14, 3874116.73
EGSA87	625243, 3873483

Elevation m	7
Elevation feet	23
Region	Crete
Subregion	Viannos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Prent [2005], 174    ' ... and votive and/or cult objects from the LM IIIB to PG periods.', 'In addition there were terracotta Double Axes and Horns of Consecration.'
2.    Artifacts.   AR[1999], 133    'A modern earth dump was found to contain broken pottery, clay double axes, horns of consecration, animal and human figurines.'
3.    Pottery.   Hood et al. [1964], 83    ' ..., we saw a thick deposit of pottery, mostly amphora fragments, which continued for about 30 m. eastwards.'
4.    Sherds.   Prent [2005], 174    ' ... included sherds from the MM IIIB-LM IA and ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan IIIB: (1700 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    AR[1999]: 133, 'Pottery dates to MM IIIB - LM IA, SM to G and A.'
    b.    Prent [2005]: 174, ... sherds from the MM IIIB-LM IA and ... '

2. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    AR[1999]: 133, 'Pottery dates to MM IIIB - LM IA, SM to G and A.'
    b.    Prent [2005]: 174, ... sherds from the MM IIIB-LM IA and ... '

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    AR[1999]: 133, 'One human figurine dates to LM IIIB, ...'
    b.    Prent [2005]: 174, 'The LM IIIB period is represented by only one terracotta (human) figurine, ... '

4. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    AR[1999]: 133, '..., all others (figurines, RHC) to LM IIIC and PG.'
    b.    Prent [2005]: 174, ' ... the rest of the votives are dated to the LM IIIC-PG periods.'

5. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AR[1999]: 133, '..., all others (figurines, RHC) to LM IIIC and PG.'
    b.    Prent [2005]: 174, ' ... the rest of the votives are dated to the LM IIIC-PG periods.'

6. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AR[1999]: 133, 'Pottery dates to MM IIIB - LM IA, SM to G and A.'

7. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Prent [2005]: 174, ' ... and SM-A periods ... '

8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AR[1999]: 133, 'Pottery dates to MM IIIB - LM IA, SM to G and A.'

9. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    AR[1999]: 133, 'Pottery dates to MM IIIB - LM IA, SM to G and A.'

NOTE

1. I am suggesting here that Hood's report and that of the AR refer to the same deposit. Hood gives the position as about 250 m. distant from the Kastri (C5644) and about 50 m. E of the 'stream bed' which I take to enter the bay at 34.998505° N, 25.373506° E. The marker is placed just 50 m. E of that point. The distance of this spot from the Kastri, however, is about twice Hood's estimate of 250 m.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1999]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (46) 1999., 'Kastri, Keratokambos', pg. 133. Online here.

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., '34. 'Kastri Keratokampou'', pg. 82. Online here.

3. Prent [2005]: Prent, Mieke. Cretan Sanctuaries and Cults; Continuity and Change from Late Minoan IIIC to the Archaic Period. Brill, 2005, 'A.32 Kastri Viannou', pg. 174. Online here.