Archanes

Coordinates: 35°14′N 25°10′E / 35.233°N 25.167°E / 35.233; 25.167
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Archanes
Αρχάνες
UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
701 00
Area code(s)281
Vehicle registrationHK, HP, HZ

Archanes (

Archaeological evidence indicates that ancient Archanes
spread out over the same area as the modern town of Archanes.

Archaeology

In 1912,

palatial, declaring that Archanes was likely a Summer Palace for the Knossos kings. Spyridon Marinatos and N. Platon excavated minor areas in the region, but nothing supported Evans' theory. In 1964, Yannis Sakellarakis dug trial trenches at the Tourkoyeitonia site and uncovered the first evidence of a palace site. Since 1966, Archanes has been excavated by the Greek Archaeological Society
under the supervision of Yannis Sakellarakis and Efi Sapouna-Sakellarakis.

In the Minoan era,

Kairatos River.[5]

steatite
.

The man-made enclosure of a spring, partially excavated in 1921 by

Sir Arthur Evans, was completed by Y. Sakellarakis in 1964. The floor is laid with pebbles, and the walls are limestone. Evidence indicates that it was built between Middle Minoan IB and Middle Minoan IIIA, destroyed during Late Minoan IA
, and then restored and in various use afterward. The reservoir is within the palace grounds.

A large paved area, dissected by walkways that form a triangle, is found in the 'Theatre Area' or 'Aghios Nikolaos' (Saint Nicholas). Two stepped altars are found here, one on a walkway and one on the pavement. There is a painting of a reconstruction of this area in Sakellarakis' Crete Archanes guidebook on page 49, which does this area more justice than a written description.

Further information on the archaeological site: Lakkos

Economy

Street in Archanes
Street in Archanes
Archanes overlook, Mount. Juktas in the background

The economy revolves around grape and olive processing and marketing. Both products account for some 96% of its total agricultural products. The Agricultural Cooperative of Archanes, set up in 1931, is one of the oldest in Greece, and consists of 1119 members. A quarter of the wine production is exported to Germany, France and the Netherlands, and the rest of the production is largely marketed domestically. Since the late 1990s, attempts have been made to convert part of wine making step by step to organic and integrated farming, beginning with the cultivation of table grapes.

References

  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
  4. ISBN 960-213-234-5
    (guidebook)
  5. ^ C. Michael Hogan, Knossos fieldnotes, Modern Antiquarian (2007)

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