Site Mochlos

Main Information

Site ID	364
Name of the site	Mochlos
Alias name
Alternative name
District	Lasithi
Region	Crete
Country	Greece
Period	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic 3700 - 2900 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia 3100 - 2900 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib 2900 - 2700 Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic 3700 - 2900 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia 3100 - 2900 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib 2900 - 2700
Description	The island Mochlos lies in the Mochlos bay relatively close to the island Pseira.It was habitated from Early till Middle Bronze Age. A settlement and burials have been located, alongside with ceramics, stone vessels and jewelry.
Topography	coast
Geographical Coordinate Reference System	WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984
Latitude	35.186800000000
Longitude	25.906300000000
Elevation	None
Exact location	yes
Coordinate source	Google maps
Number of activity periods	None
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Location of the Site

Bibliography

Reference	Davaras, K.,Κρητική Εστία 5, 1994-96, 342-344.,None,None T. Tselios,Pre-palatial Copper Metalworking in the Mesara Plain, Crete,2008,Athen C. Davaras - J. Soles,A New Oriental Cylinder Seal from Mochlos. Appendix: Catalogue of the Cylinder Seals Found in the Aegean,1995, J.S. Soles,Mochlos,1992,Berkeley no name provided,ARepLon 1992-93, 76f.,None,None no name provided,BCH 118, 1994, 814.,None,None K.P. Foster,Four Stone Fragments from Mochlos,1979, L.V. Watrous,Cretan International Relations during the Middle Minoan IA Period and the Chronology of Seager´s Finds from the Mochlos Tombs,2005,Liège - Austin no name provided,ARepLon 1989-90, 75.,None,None Davaras, K.,ADelt 27 B´, 1972 (1976), 654,None,None J. Aruz,Marks of Distinction. Seals and Cultural Exchange between the Aegean and the Orient (ca. 2600-1360 B.C.),2008,Mainz no name provided,ARepLon 1990-91, 74.,None,None Davaras, K.,ADelt 31 B´, 1976 (1984) 376f.,None,None J.S. Soles - C. Davaras,Excavations at Mochlos, 1992-1993,1996, J.S. Soles - C. Davaras,Excavations at Mochlos, 1989,1992, J. Soles,Mochlos. A New Look at Old Excavations: The University Museum's Work on Crete,1978, I. Pini,Zu dem silbernen Rollsiegel in Mochlos,1982, J. Phillips,Aegyptiaca on the Island of Crete in Their Chronological Context: A Critical Review,2008,Wien Hickman, ,Jewellery Production in Prepalatial Crete, in: Kosmos, im Druck.,None,None no name provided,BCH 119, 1995, 1019f.,None,None Carter, T.,The Body Politics: Adornment and Identity in the EB II Cyclades and Crete in its Broader Eastern Mediterranean Context, Kosmos. Im Druck.,None,None J.S. Soles,Prepalatial Cemeteries at Mochlos and Gournia and the House Tombs of Bronze Age Crete,1992, J.S. Soles - C. Davaras,Excavations at Mochlos, 1990-1991,1994, E. Karantzali,Le Bronze Ancien dans les Cyclades et en Crète: Les relations entre les deux régions - Influence de la Grèce Continentale,1996,Oxford no name provided,BCH 114, 1990, 824.,None,None K. Branigan,Mochlos: An Early Aegean 'Gateway Community'?,1991,Liège J.S. Soles,Social Ranking in Prepalatial Cemeteries,1988,Bristol Soles, J.,ADelt 49 B2, 1994 (1999) 755.,None,None J. Soles – K. Davaras, ,ARepLon 1993-94, 81f.,None,None Soles, J.,ARepLon 1994-95, 67f.,None,None G. Vavouranakis,Funerary Landscapes East of Lasithi, Crete, in the Bronze Age,2007,Oxford Davaras, K.,ADelt 28, 1973 (1977), B´2 Chron 583,None,None K. Davaras – J. Soles, ,ADelt 47 B´2, 1992 (1997) 609-611.,None,None J. Aruz,The Silver Cylinder Seal from Mochlos,1984, C. Davaras,Early Minoan Jewellery from Mochlos,1975, J. Aruz,Syrian seals and the Evidence for Cultural Interaction between the Levant and Crete,1995,Berlin J. S. Soles,2009 Greek-American Excavations at Mochlos,2009, J. Soles – K. Davaras, ,ARepLond 52, 2005–2006, 103f.,None,None J. Soles – K. Davaras, ,ADelt 48 B´2, 1993 (1998) 502f.,None,None J. Soles – K. Davaras, ,ARepLon 2004-2005, 102-104.,None,None Alram-Stern, Eva,Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie,Forschungsbericht 1977-2009. Das neolithische und vorpalastzeitliche Kreta,None,None no name provided,BCH 115, 1991, 939f.,None,None no name provided,BCH 117, 1993, 884.,None,None J. Soles – K. Davaras, ,ARepLon 53, 2006-2007, 97.,None,None

Areas in this Site

Areas

ID 476 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic 3700 - 2900 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia 3100 - 2900 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib 2900 - 2700
ID 477 cemetery or grave	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic 3700 - 2900 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia 3100 - 2900 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib 2900 - 2700