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Petsofas is the archaeological site of a
''Knossos fieldnotes'', The Modern Antiquarian (2007)
/ref> Stone lamps, ceramic altars and ceramic building models have also been found at Petsofas.
Petsofas is the archaeological site of a Minoan
The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age Aegean civilization on the island of Crete and other Aegean Islands, whose earliest beginnings were from 3500BC, with the complex urban civilization beginning around 2000BC, and then declining from 1450B ...
peak sanctuary in eastern Crete. It overlooks the Minoan town of Palaikastro
Palaikastro or Palekastro ( el, Παλαίκαστρο, officially el, Παλαίκαστρον), with the Godart and Olivier abbreviation PK, is a thriving town, geographic heir to a long line of settlements extending back into prehistoric tim ...
and was excavated by John Myres in 1903. He discovered a large number of clay figurines, including animal and human figures dating to 1400 to 1450.
Archaeology
Among the ubiquitous human and animal figurines found in peak sanctuaries, Petsofas uniquely has clay figurines of weasels and tortoises. Some Petsophas cylinder seals bear a male figure resembling specimens recovered at the Minoan site of Knossos.C. Michael Hogan''Knossos fieldnotes'', The Modern Antiquarian (2007)
/ref> Stone lamps, ceramic altars and ceramic building models have also been found at Petsofas.
See also
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