Kavousi is a historic village in the municipality of
Ierapetra
Ierapetra ( el, Ιεράπετρα, lit=sacred stone; ancient name: ) is a Greece, Greek town and municipality located on the southeast coast of Crete.
History
The town of Ierapetra (in the local dialect: Γεράπετρο ''Gerapetro'') is loc ...
in the prefecture of
Lasithi
Lasithi ( el, Λασίθι) is the easternmost regional unit on the island of Crete, to the east of Heraklion. Its capital is Agios Nikolaos, the other major towns being Ierapetra and Sitia. The mountains include the Dikti in the west and the Thr ...
in eastern
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...
. "Kavousi" in the Cretan dialect means "water source" (Greek: Πηγή). The village is situated 19 km (11.8 mi) northeast of Ierapetra, 26 km (16 mi) east of
Agios Nikolaos and 42 km (26 mi) west of
Sitia
Sitia ( el, Σητεία) is a port town and a municipality in Lasithi, Crete, Greece. The town has 9,912 inhabitants (2011) and the municipality has 18,318 (2011). It lies east of Agios Nikolaos and northeast of Ierapetra. Sitia port is on the ...
. The village is located in the northern foothills of the
Thripti
Thrypti ( el, Θρυπτή) is a mountain range in Lasithi in eastern Crete, Greece. It trends to the northeast from Ierapetra in the southwest in the direction of Sitia. However, it only goes half-way in that direction. The rest of the distance ...
mountain range at an elevation of 140 meters above sea level. Many archaeological sites have been discovered in the area of Kavousi, among which are
Vronda,
Kastro,
Azoria,
Chrysokamino and the isle
Pseira
Pseira ( el, Ψείρα) is an islet in the Gulf of Mirabello in northeastern Crete with the archaeological remains of Minoan and Mycenean civilisation.
History
The island was explored in 1906–1907 by Richard Seager and partially document ...
. Kavousi lies just 3.6 km (2.2 mi) south of
Tholos Beach. The village has views over the
Gulf of Mirabello and the
Isthmus of Ierapetra
The Isthmus of Ierapetra (Ισθμός της Ιεράπετρας) is a strip of land on the Greek island of Crete which connects the easternmost municipality, Siteia, to the rest of the island. Its name comes from the largest settlement, Iera ...
.
Population history
References
Further reading
Boyd, Harriet A. (1901), 'Excavations at Kavousi, Crete, in 1900', ''American Journal of Archaeology'', Vol. 5, No. 2. (Apr. - Jun., 1901), pp. 125-157.Gesell, Geraldine C., Leslie P. Day, and William D.E. Coulson (1983), 'Excavations and Survey at Kavousi, 1978-1981', ''Hesperia'' Vol. 52, No. 4 (Oct. 1983), pp. 389-420.Gesell, Geraldine C., Leslie P. Day, and William D.E. Coulson (1985), 'Kavousi, 1982-83: The Kastro', ''Hesperia'' Vol. 54, No. 4 (Oct. 1985), pp. 327-355.Day, Leslie P., William D.E. Coulson, and Geraldine C. Gesell, 'Kavousi 1983-84: The Settlement at Vronda', ''Hesperia'' Vol. 55, No. 4 (Oct. 1986), pp. 335-387.Gesell, Geraldine C., Leslie P. Day, and William D.E. Coulson, 'Excavations at Kavousi, Crete, 1987', ''Hesperia'' Vol. 57, No. 4 (Oct. 1988), pp. 279-301.
Gesell, Geraldine C., William D.E. Coulson, and Leslie P. Day (1991), 'Excavations at Kavousi, Crete, 1988', ''Hesperia'' Vol. 60, No. 2 (Apr. 1991), pp. 145-177.Gesell, Geraldine C., Leslie P. Day, and William D.E. Coulson (1995), 'Excavations at Kavousi, Crete, 1989 and 1990', ''Hesperia'' Vol. 64, No. 1 (Jan. 1995), pp. 67-120.Haggis, Donald C. (1996), 'Archaeological Survey at Kavousi, East Crete: Preliminary Report', ''Hesperia'', Vol. 65, No. 4. (Oct. - Dec., 1996), pp. 373-432.Coulson, William D.E., Donald C. Haggis, Margaret S. Mook, and Jennifer L. Tobin (1997), 'Excavations on the Kastro at Kavousi: An Architectural Overview', ''Hesperia'' Vol. 66, No. 3 (Jul. 1997), pp. 315-390.Betancourt, Philip P., James D. Muhly, William R. Farrand, Carola Stearns, Lada Onyshkevych, William B. Hafford, and Doniert Evely (1999), 'Research and Excavation at Chrysokamino, Crete 1995-1998', ''Hesperia'' Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep. 1999), pp. 343-370.Morris, Michael W. (2002), ''Soil Science and Archaeology: Three Test Cases from Minoan Crete'' (Prehistory Monographs 4), Philadelphia, PA: INSTAP Academic Press, 2002.Haggis, Donald C., Margaret S. Mook, C. Margaret Scarry, Lynn M. Snyder and William C. West III (2004), 'Excavations at Azoria, 2002,' ''Hesperia'', Vol. 73, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 2004), pp. 339-400.Haggis, Donald C. (2005), ''Kavousi I: The Archaeological Survey of the Kavousi Region'' (Prehistory Monographs 16), Philadelphia, PA: INSTAP Academic Press, 2005.Betancourt, Philip P. (2006), ''The Chrysokamino Metallurgy Workshop and Its Territory'' (''Hesperia'' Supplement 36), Princeton, NJ: ASCSA Publications, 2006.Stefanakis, Manolis I., William C. West, III, Donald C. Haggis, Margaret S. Mook, Rodney D. Fitzsimons, C. Margaret Scarry and Lynn M. Snyder (2007), 'Excavations at Azoria, 2003-2004, Part 1: The Archaic Civic Complex,' ''Hesperia'', Vol. 76, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 2007), pp. 243-321.Haggis, Donald C., Margaret S. Mook, Tristan Carter and Lynn M. Snyder (2007), 'Excavations at Azoria, 2003-2004, Part 2: The Final Neolithic, Late Prepalatial, and Early Iron Age Occupation,' ''Hesperia'', Vol. 76, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 2007), pp. 665-716.Day, Leslie P., Nancy L. Klein, and Lee Ann Turner (2009), ''Kavousi IIA: The Late Minoan IIIC Settlement at Vronda. The Buildings on the Periphery'' (Prehistory Monographs 39), Philadelphia, PA: INSTAP Academic Press, 2009.Small, David B. (2010), "The Archaic Polis of Azoria: A Window into Cretan 'Political' Social Structure," ''Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology'' 23.2, pp. 197-217.
Haggis, Donald C., Margaret S. Mook, Rodney D. Fitzsimons, C. Margaret Scarry, Lynn M. Snyder, and William C. West III (2011), 'Excavation in the Archaic Civic Buildings at Azoria in 2005-2006', ''Hesperia'' Vol. 80, No. 1 (January-March 2011), pp. 1-70.
Haggis, Donald C., Margaret S. Mook, Rodney D. Fitzsimons, C. Margaret Scarry, and Lynn M. Snyder (2011), ‘The Excavation of Archaic Houses at Azoria in 2005-2006', ''Hesperia'' Vol. 80, No. 3 (July-September 2011), pp. 431–489.Day, Leslie P., and Kevin T. Glowacki (2012), ''Kavousi IIB: The Late Minoan IIIC Settlement at Vronda. The Buildings on the Summit'' (Prehistory Monographs 26), Philadelphia, PA: INSTAP Academic Press, 2012.
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Populated places in Lasithi