Minoan Sites on Crete

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.

Chania

Site	Satellite View	Coordinates	Web
Nea Roumata EM IA corbelled circular tomb preceding the Syros-Keros culture tombs EC II
Phalasarna LM port mostly overbuilt by Classical site
Stylos A Settlement abandoned LM IIIC
Stylos B LM IIIA-IIIB tholos

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Heraklion

Site	Satellite View	Coordinates	Web
Alonaki MM IIIA-B vistor ‘inn’ for Karphi Peak Sanctuary
Amnisos Early MM II or LM IA villa, destroyed by earthquake and fire, then re-occupied
Anemospilia‘temple’ Religious site destroyed in MM IIIA
Apesokari A See below
Apesokari B Tholos tomb and annexe used between EM II and MM II
Archanes Arthur Evans’ “Summer Palace” noted for its Linear A archive
Ayia Triadha FN/EM I town with MM IIIB/LM IA ‘royal’ villa
Galatas MM town with later MM IIIB/LM IA palace
Kamilari Tholos constructed MM IB, in use to MM III. Re-used LM I through LM IIIA2
Knossospalace Major palace complex stretching from EM IIB to LM IIIB on a site dating to EN
Knossos“Little Palace”/“Unexplored Mansion”
Knossos“Royal Villa”
Knossos“Caravanserai”
Kommos Coastal settlement founded MM I; possible port of Phaistos
Koumasa EM IIA cemetery with settlement due East
Melanourion^? Minoan ‘villa’
Mount Juktaspeak sanctuary Peak sanctuary Dated to MM IA
Nirou Khani Coastal villa with nearby harbour remains
Odigitria EM IA cemetery comprising two tholoi
Phaistospalace Hill site settled FN and occupied through LM
Phourni Cemetery in use from EM II to LM IIIC
Pitsidia Neopalatial country villa destroyed LM IB
Poros-Katsambas Knossos’ port, originating EM I, fell out of use LM IIIA2
Tripitivillage Hilltop village dating from EM II
Tripititholos Tomb
Simi MM III, possibly MM II, peak sanctuary in use through LM IIIC and into classical times
Sklavokambos Multi-storey building dated to LM IB
Smari Settlement inhabited from MM into classical times (Geometric/Eastern)
Tylisos Town in use EM II through LM IIIA
Vathypetro LM IA farmhouse rebuilt after destruction by earthquake then finally destroyed LM IIB

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Lassithi

Site	Satellite View	Coordinates	Web
Ayia Photiavilla Villa built and abandoned during MM IA
Chamaizi MM IA villa noted for its unique ovoid plan
Gournia LM town built on a site that extends back to EM I
Karphipeak sanctuary LM IIIC mountain refuge, abandoned in the sub-Minoan
Klimataria MM IIIB/LM IA country villa
Makriyialos LM IB country villa
Malia LM IA palace built above EM IIB monumental site
Mochlos Island site occupied from FN/EM I
Myrtos-Fournou Korifi EM IIA settlement, destroyed by fire EM IIB
Myrtos-Pyrgos EM IIA settlement, destroyed by fire EM IIB, rebuilt and occupied through LM I
Palaikastrotown 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"
Palaikastropalace Palace site to the SE of the town
Petsofas MM peak sanctuary used through LM IIIA
Petraspalace 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
Petrashouses Two-storey villas, one built MM III-LM IA on an MM IIB site, the other MM III, extended LM IA
Pseira Island town founded FN, occupied through LM
Tripitos^?
Vasiliki Village in use from EM IIA to LM IA. EM IIA buildings destroyed and later replaced EM IIB
Zakros Port town and MM II palace, rebuilt MM II/LM I, destroyed LM III
Zou MM IIIB to LM IA country villa by possible settlement

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Rethymnon

Site	Satellite View	Coordinates	Web
Apodoulou Protopalatial settlement with nearby MM III neopalatial villa
Armenoi LM III cemetery with over 200 chamber tombs and one tholos tomb
Kastrokephala LM IIIC Mycenaean citadel or Sub-Minoan refuge; 4.3Ha in extent
Monastiraki MM ‘old’ palace. Destroyed MM III/LM I
Zominthos Major two-storey building of the Neopalatial. Abandoned MM III/LM I

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