Site Psychro-Cave

Main Information

Site ID	142
Name of the site	Psychro-Cave
Alias name
Alternative name
District	Lasithi
Region	Crete
Country	Greece
Period	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Late Neolithic 4500 - 3700
Description	The Psychro-Cave lies in the Dikte mountains; it is located on the Lasithi plateau and it dates back to the Neolithic period.
Topography	mountain top
Geographical Coordinate Reference System	WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984
Latitude	35.162800000000
Longitude	25.445200000000
Elevation	None
Exact location	yes
Coordinate source	Google maps
Number of activity periods	None
Comment	In the text no specific artefacts or other type of evidence has been mentioned.

Location of the Site

Bibliography

Reference	Hogarth, D.G.,BSA 6, 1899/1900, 94-116,None,None L.V. Watrous,The Cave Sanctuary of Zeus at Psychro. A Study of Extra-urban Sanctuaries in Minoan and Early Iron Age Crete,1996,Liège - Austin L.V. Watrous,Lasithi. A History of a Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete,1982,Princeton B. Rutkowski - K. Nowicki,The Psychro Cave and Other Sacred Grottoes in Crete,1996,Warsaw Alram-Stern, Eva,Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie,Forschungsbericht 1977-2009. Das neolithische und vorpalastzeitliche Kreta,None,None

Areas in this Site

Areas

ID 220 cave or rockshelter

Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Late Neolithic 4500 - 3700