Site Kamares-Cave

Main Information

Site ID	447
Name of the site	Kamares-Cave
Alias name	Mavrospilio
Alternative name	Mavrospileon
District	Central Crete (Heraklio)
Region	Crete
Country	Greece
Period	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic I 6500 - 4900 Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic II 4900 - 4500 Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Middle Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Late Neolithic 4500 - 3700 Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic 3700 - 2900 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Initial Neolithic 7000 - 6500 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Early Neolithic 6500 - 5900 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Middle Neolithic 5900 - 5300 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Late Neolithic I 5300 - 4900 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Late Neolithic II 4900 - 4500 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IA 4500 - 4200 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II 3900 - 3600 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IB 4200 - 3900 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III 3600 - 3300 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV 3300 - 3000 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia 3100 - 2900 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib 2900 - 2700 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIa 2700 - 2500 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIb 2500 - 2200 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan III 2200 - 2000 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia 3100 - 2900 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib 2900 - 2700 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIa 2700 - 2500 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIb 2500 - 2200 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan III 2200 - 2000
Description	The cave lies in the Mesara-plain on the southern slope of the Psiloritis mountains in a height of 1524 m.
Topography	hillside
Geographical Coordinate Reference System	WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984
Latitude	35.177500000000
Longitude	24.827600000000
Elevation	1524
Exact location	yes
Coordinate source	Google maps
Number of activity periods	None
Comment

Location of the Site

Bibliography

Reference	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 B. Rutkowski - K. Nowicki,The Psychro Cave and Other Sacred Grottoes in Crete,1996,Warsaw A. van de Moortel,A Reexamination of the Pottery from the Kamares Caves,2006,Boston no name provided,ARepLon 2003-04, 81,None,None Alram-Stern, Eva,Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie,Forschungsbericht 1977-2009. Das neolithische und vorpalastzeitliche Kreta,None,None

Areas in this Site

Areas

ID 581 cave or rockshelter	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic I 6500 - 4900 Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic II 4900 - 4500 Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Middle Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Late Neolithic 4500 - 3700 Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic 3700 - 2900 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Initial Neolithic 7000 - 6500 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Early Neolithic 6500 - 5900 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Middle Neolithic 5900 - 5300 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Late Neolithic I 5300 - 4900 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Late Neolithic II 4900 - 4500 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IA 4500 - 4200 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II 3900 - 3600 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IB 4200 - 3900 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III 3600 - 3300 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV 3300 - 3000
ID 582 cave or rockshelter	Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia 3100 - 2900 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib 2900 - 2700 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIa 2700 - 2500 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIb 2500 - 2200
ID 583 cave or rockshelter	Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan III 2200 - 2000
ID 584 cave or rockshelter	Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia 3100 - 2900 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib 2900 - 2700 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIa 2700 - 2500 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIb 2500 - 2200 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan III 2200 - 2000