Arvi Fortetsa and Loutraki Kandilioro

Two refuge settlements in Crete

Bibliographic Data

ID10965697
AuthorsKrzysztof Nowicki (0000-0002-6770-6644, Polish Academy of Sciences, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume91
Pages253-285
Publication date1996-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annual of the British School at Athens (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0068-2454 • E-ISSN: 2045-2403
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s006824540001649x
OpenAlexW2324419239
LanguageEN
References cited16

Among dark age defensible sites in Crete there exist extensive settlements which in size, significance, and chronology are comparable to Karphi, the best-known example. Representative of this settlement type are Arvi Fortetsa and Loutraki Kandilioro, two LM III C sites investigated in the early 1990s. This article presents a topographical description, an analysis of surface material, and a discussion of their significance for the settlement pattern. Although Arvi Fortetsa represents a coastal settlement and Loutraki Kandilioro is on the high slopes of the Lasithi mountains, both sites suggest a probable threat from the sea in the very late 13th century BC, which completely changed the settlement pattern

Archaeology · Chronology · Geography · Human settlement · Settlement (finance · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Geology · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

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