Kamares Cave

Location

Site Related Projects

Project Project Date Project Director(s) Project Period Research Type
KaCP - 1913 BSA Sherd Dump Survey Saturday, June 1, 2002 to Sunday, August 31, 2003 Loeta Tyree, Aleydis Van de Moortel Prepalatial period, Protopalatial period, Neopalatial period, Monopalatial period, Hellenistic: 323 - 27 B.C. intensive site survey, Museum Collection
KaCP - Study of the Ceramics from the 1913 BSA Excavations Saturday, June 1, 2002 to Sunday, August 31, 2003 Loeta Tyree, Aleydis Van de Moortel Prepalatial period, Protopalatial period, Neopalatial period, Monopalatial period, Hellenistic: 323 - 27 B.C. Museum Collection
Kamares Cave Project Saturday, June 1, 2002 to Sunday, August 31, 2003 Loeta Tyree, Aleydis Van de Moortel Prepalatial period, Protopalatial period, Neopalatial period, Monopalatial period, Post-palatial period, Hellenistic: 323 - 27 B.C. intensive site survey, Museum Collection

Site Related Finds

Object Name Material Object Date - Earliest Object Date - Latest
KaCP001 bridge-spouted jar Clay Middle Minoan IIB Protopalatial period

Site Related Images

View from the bottom of the Outer Chamber where most of the offerings were found towards the mouth of the Kamares Cave (Crete)
Descent into the Outer Chamber of the Kamares Cave (Crete)
Middle Minoan IIB bridge-spouted jar with Kamares decoration from the Kamares Cave (Crete)
View of the location of the Kamares Cave on the southern side of Mt. Psiloritis Ida as seen from the central court of the Minoan palace at Phaistos (Kriti)