Αρχαιολογική τοποθεσία

Type: Sanctuary
Geographical area: Cyclades → Naxos → Naxos Town

Chronological Period: From EPG to EPG
Date: From 11th c. BC, 2nd half to 10th c. BC, 1st half, 1st quarter.
Overall Phases of Use: -

Location: Coastal
Grotta locates on the N coast of Naxos Town.

Sanctuary Type: Urban
Cult Type: Deity
Cult Recipient: Demeter ?

Contributors: O. Kaklamani

A bothros pit, associated with a cult of Demeter was found hewn into the Mycenaean building E. The majority of the finds date to the LH IIIC period, while a few PG sherds are reported from the excavator (Kontoleon).

Records

  • 1965: Systematic Excavation by N. Kontoleon (Greek Archaeological Service)

References: Primary

  • Kontoleon, N., 1965. Ανασκαφή Νάξου, Prakt: 168–174

References: Secondary

  • Cosmopoulos, M. N., 2004. Η Νάξος και το κρητομυκηναϊκό Αιγαίο, Αρχαιογνωσία: 196–197
  • Fotou, V., 1983. Les sites de l’époque néolithique et de l’âge du Bronze à Naxos in Les Cyclades, matériaux pour une étude de géographie historique. Table ronde réunie à l’université de Dijon les 11, 12 et 13 mars 1982, Paris: 51
  • Gounaris, A., 2005. Cult places in the Cyclades during the Protogeometric and Geometric periods: their contribution in interpreting the rise of the Cycladic poleis, in M. Yeroulanou & M. Stamatopoulou (eds.), Architecture and Archaeology in the Cyclades, papers in honour of J.J. Coulton, Oxford: 61
  • Mazarakis Ainian, A., 1997. From rulers’ dwellings to temples. Architecture, religion and society in Early Iron Age Greece (1100-700 B.C.), Jonsered (SIMA 122): 189
  • Mermoz, J., 2010. La vie religieuse des Cyclades de l’HR IIIC à la fin de la période archaïque, Lyon (unpublished PhD Thesis): 22–24
  • Vlachopoulos, A., 2003. Ο Υστεροελλαδικός ΙΙΙΓ οικισμός της Γρόττας Νάξου. Στο Κέντρο ή την Περιφέρεια του Μυκηναϊκού Αιγαίου, in N. Kyparissi-Apostolika & M. Papakonstantinou (eds.), Πρακτικά του B´ Διεθνούς Διεπιστημονικού Συνεδρίου “H περιφέρεια του Mυκηναϊκού Kόσμου”, Λαμία, Σεπτέμβριος 1999, Αthens: 493–522

Written Sources

  • None

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