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Site co-ordinates are provided in decimal latitude and longitude values. Click on a data source under the Satellite View column to see the site from above, or click the button in the Coordinates column to paste a location’s co-ordinates to your device’s clipboard. Sites with accompanying websites are now being added to the Web column.
The co-ordinates of sites listed with a ? are uncertain: either the reference is inexact or tentative, or the location’s attribution is unsafe. Please feel free to suggest updates and provide corrections.
Some of the major sites are shown on the map below.
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| Nea Roumata EM IA corbelled circular tomb preceding the Syros-Keros culture tombs EC II |
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| Phalasarna LM port mostly overbuilt by Classical site |
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| Stylos A Settlement abandoned LM IIIC |
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| Stylos B LM IIIA-IIIB tholos |
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| Alonaki MM IIIA-B vistor ‘inn’ for Karphi Peak Sanctuary |
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| Amnisos Early MM II or LM IA villa, destroyed by earthquake and fire, then re-occupied |
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| Anemospilia ‘temple’ Religious site destroyed in MM IIIA |
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| Apesokari A See below |
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| Apesokari B Tholos tomb and annexe used between EM II and MM II |
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| Archanes Arthur Evans’ “Summer Palace” noted for its Linear A archive |
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| Ayia Triadha FN/EM I town with MM IIIB/LM IA ‘royal’ villa |
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| Galatas MM town with later MM IIIB/LM IA palace. Abandoned LM IA. |
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| Kamilari Tholos constructed MM IB, in use to MM III. Re-used LM I through LM IIIA2 |
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| Knossos palace Major palace complex stretching from EM IIB to LM IIIB on a site dating to EN |
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| Knossos “Little Palace”/“Unexplored Mansion” | |||
| Knossos “Royal Villa” | |||
| Knossos “Caravanserai” | |||
| Kommos Coastal settlement founded MM I; possible port of Phaistos |
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| Koumasa EM IIA cemetery with settlement due East |
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| Melanourion? Minoan ‘villa’ |
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| Mount Juktas peak sanctuary Peak sanctuary Dated to MM IA |
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| Nirou Chani Coastal villa with nearby harbour remains |
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| Odigitria EM IA cemetery comprising two tholoi |
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| Phaistos palace Hill site settled FN and occupied through LM |
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| Phourni Cemetery in use from EM II to LM IIIC |
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| Pitsidia Neopalatial country villa destroyed LM IB |
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| Poros-Katsambas Knossos’ port, originating EM I, fell out of use LM IIIA2 |
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| Tripiti village Hilltop village dating from EM II |
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| Tripiti tholos Tomb |
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| Simi MM III, possibly MM II, peak sanctuary in use through LM IIIC and into classical times |
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| Sklavokambos Multi-storey building dated to LM IB |
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| Smari Settlement inhabited from MM into classical times (Geometric/Eastern) |
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| Tylisos Town in use EM II through LM IIIA |
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| Vathypetro LM IA farmhouse rebuilt after destruction by earthquake then finally destroyed LM IIB |
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| Vathypetro Villa |
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| Ano Zakros MM III farm |
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| Ayia Photia villa Villa built and abandoned during MM IA |
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| Chamaizi MM IA villa noted for its unique ovoid plan |
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| Gournia LM town built on a site that extends back to EM I |
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| Karphi peak sanctuary LM IIIC mountain refuge, abandoned in the sub-Minoan |
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| Klimataria MM IIIB/LM IA country villa |
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| Makriyialos LM IB country villa |
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| Malia LM IA palace built above EM IIB monumental site |
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| Mochlos Island site occupied from FN/EM I |
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| Myrtos-Fournou Korifi EM IIA settlement, destroyed by fire EM IIB |
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| Myrtos-Pyrgos EM IIA settlement, destroyed by fire EM IIB, rebuilt and occupied through LM I |
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| Palaikastro town Town dating from EM II, extensively expanded MM IB-MM IIA and to LM IB. Then destroyed by fire. Surviving buildings reoccupied, but reconstructed only LM IIIA2/LM IIIB. Destroyed by earthquake LM IIIB, partially re-occupied then abandoned" |
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| Palaikastro palace Palace site to the SE of the town |
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| Petsofas MM peak sanctuary used through LM IIIA |
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| Petras palace MM IIA palace completely rebuilt MM II/LM I. Destroyed, repaired in LM IA, again in LM IB. Later destroyed, abandoned, not reoccupied until LM IIIA, until LM IIIB |
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| Petras houses Two-storey villas, one built MM III-LM IA on an MM IIB site, the other MM III, extended LM IA |
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| Clas. Praesus Classical acropolis with FN, Minoan and Mycenaean remains beneath |
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| Pseira Island town founded FN, occupied through LM |
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| Sissi |
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| Tafos Platiskinou Tholos | |||
| Tripitos? | |||
| Vasiliki Village in use from EM IIA to LM IA. EM IIA buildings destroyed and later replaced EM IIB |
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| Zakros Port town and MM II palace, rebuilt MM II/LM I, destroyed LM III |
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| Zou MM IIIB to LM IA country villa by possible settlement |
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| Apodoulou Protopalatial settlement with nearby MM III neopalatial villa |
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| Armenoi LM III cemetery with over 200 chamber tombs and one tholos tomb |
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| Kastrokephala LM IIIC Mycenaean citadel or Sub-Minoan refuge; 4.3Ha in extent |
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| Monastiraki MM ‘old’ palace. Destroyed MM III/LM I |
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| Orne LH IIIC Mycenaean acropolis |
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| Zominthos Major two-storey building of the Neopalatial. Abandoned MM III/LM I |
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