Site Lera-Cave

Main Information

Site ID	7
Name of the site	Lera-Cave
Alias name
Alternative name	Σπήλαιο Λερά
District	Chania
Region	Crete
Country	Greece
Period	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic I 6500 - 4900 Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic II 4900 - 4500 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Late Neolithic II 4900 - 4500 Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Middle Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IA 4500 - 4200 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IB 4200 - 3900 Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Late Neolithic 4500 - 3700 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II 3900 - 3600 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
Description	The Lera-Cave is situated on the mountain top of the Vardies, which lie in the bay of Stavros on the peninsula Akrotiri.It has been occupied from Neolithic till Early Bronze Age. Ceramic and Obsidian has been found.
Topography	mountain top
Geographical Coordinate Reference System	WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984
Latitude	35.590000000000
Longitude	24.102300000000
Elevation	None
Exact location	yes
Coordinate source	Google maps
Number of activity periods	7
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Location of the Site

Bibliography

Reference	A. Guest-Papamanoli - A. Lambraki,Les grottes de Lera et d´Arkoudia en Crète occidentale aux époques préhistoriques et historiques,1976, L. Godart - Y. Tzedakis.,Témoignages archéologiques et épigraphiques en Crète occidentale du néolithique au minoen récent IIIB,1992,Rom E. Karantzali,Le Bronze Ancien dans les Cyclades et en Crète: Les relations entre les deux régions - Influence de la Grèce Continentale,1996,Oxford Alram-Stern, Eva,Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie,Forschungsbericht 1977-2009. Das neolithische und vorpalastzeitliche Kreta,None,None

Areas in this Site

Areas

ID 7 cave or rockshelter	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic I 6500 - 4900
ID 127 cave or rockshelter	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic II 4900 - 4500 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Late Neolithic II 4900 - 4500
ID 128 cave or rockshelter	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Middle Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IA 4500 - 4200 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IB 4200 - 3900
ID 129 cave or rockshelter	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Late Neolithic 4500 - 3700 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II 3900 - 3600
ID 135 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