Azoria
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 10, 2020 11:58 PM
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History
An archaeological site (ancient name unknown) overlooking the Gulf of Mirabello in eastern Crete, not far from the modern town of Kavousi.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/180252821
35.118, 25.866722
- Representative Locations:
- Azoria acropolis (750 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Azoria (English, modern)
- Αζοριάς (Azorias: Modern Greek)
- Μουρί τ' Αζωργιά (Mouri t'Azorgia: Modern Greek)
- Azoria connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
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None
settlement
- See Further:
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- Azoria Project Archive (Carolina Digital Repository)
- Haggis, D.C., M.S. Mook, C.M. Scarry, L.M. Snyder, and W.C. West. 2004. “Excavations at Azoria, 2002,” Hesperia 73, 339-400
- The University of North Carolina / Iowa State University Excavations at Azoria in Eastern Crete
- ToposText Azoria (Crete) Azoria
- Wikipedia (English) Azoria
- Related:
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Azoria: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/180252821> [accessed: 25 March 2025]
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