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Arvi Fortetsa and Loutraki Kandilioro: two refuge settlements in Crete1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

Krzysztof Nowicki
Krzysztof Nowicki
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Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
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Abstract

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.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 91 , November 1996 , pp. 253 - 285
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1996

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