- Hagia triada
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Agia triada (disambiguation) "Hagia Triada (also Ayia Triada, Agia Triada, Agia Trias), pronounced AH yuh tree AH thuh, is the
archaeological site of an ancient Minoan settlement. [ [http://www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/minoan/agtriada.htm Ian Swindale, "Ayia Triada", retrieved 20 January, 2006] ] Hagia Triada is situated on a prominent coastal ridge, with theMesara Plain below. [ [http://themodernantiquarian.com/site/10857/phaistos.html#fieldnotes C.Michael Hogan, "Phaistos Fieldnotes", The Modern Antiquarian (2007)] ] Hagia triada sits at the western end of the ridge, whilePhaistos is at the eastern end. "Hagia Triada" means "holy trinity" in Greek.Geography
Hagia Triada is in south central Crete, 30-40 meters above sea level. It lies four km west of
Phaistos , situated at the western end of theMesara Plain . The site was not one of the "palace s" of Minoan Crete, but anupscale town, and possibly a royal villa. After the catastrophe of1450 BC , the town was rebuilt and remained inhabited until the 2nd century BC. Later, a Roman period villa was built at the site. Nearby are twochapel s, Agia Triada andAgios Georgios , built during theVenetian period, as well as the deserted village of Agia Triada.Archaeology
Hagia Triada, as nearby
Phaistos , was excavated from 1900 to 1908 by a group from Italian "Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene", directed byFederico Halbherr andLuigi Pernier . They unearthed asarcophagus painted with illuminating scenes from Cretan life, [ [http://www.interkriti.org/visits/agtriada/agtriada.htm "Crete: The Archaeological Site of Agia Triada] ] now at the Archaeological Museum inIraklion .The site includes a town and a miniature "palace", an ancient drainage system servicing both, and Early Minoan
tholos tombs. The settlement was in use, in various forms, from "Early Minoan I" until the fires of Late Minoan IB.Hagia Triada has yielded the most
Linear A tablets of all Minoan archaeological sites. Other extremely famous finds include theChieftain's Cup , theBoxer Vase and theHarvest Vase .ee also
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