Historical place profile
Kommos
The archaeological site of Kommos was a Bronze Age port and settlement in southern Crete with subsequent habitation and monumental construction dating to the Hellenistic and Roman periods. This site is possibly to be identified with Amyklaion, mentioned in contemporary sources.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:589690
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:589690
- Place type
- port, settlement
- Coordinates
- 35.013232, 24.760824
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The archaeological site of Kommos was a Bronze Age port and settlement in southern Crete with subsequent habitation and monumental construction dating to the Hellenistic and Roman periods. This site is possibly to be identified with Amyklaion, mentioned in contemporary sources.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 C2 Amyklaion?
Source and reuse
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Research path
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