Azoria is an archaeological site on a double-peaked hill overlooking the Gulf of Mirabello in eastern Crete in the Greek Aegean. "Azoria" (o Αζοριάς or (c. 1900) Μουρί τ' Αζωργιά)[1] is a local toponym, not apparently an ancient place name or epigraphically-attested Greek city.
View of Azoria from the Kastro with the Kavousi plain and Bay of Mirabello, with the island of Pseira, in the background
Located about 1 km southeast of the modern village of Kavousi, and 3 km from the sea, the site occupies a topographically strategic position (c. 365 m above sea level) between the north Isthmus of Ierapetra and the Siteia Mountains.
Azoria is an archaeological site on a double-peaked hill overlooking the Gulf of Mirabello in eastern Crete in the Greek Aegean. "Azoria" (o Αζοριάς or...
been discovered in the area of Kavousi, among which are Vronda, Kastro, Azoria, Chrysokamino and the isle Pseira. Kavousi lies just 3.6 km (2.2 mi) south...
later cemeteries, used by the inhabitants of Kavousi Kastro and/or nearby Azoria until the late-7th century BCE, attest to regional mortuary practices, rituals...
restore former discipline, but they ended in failure. Ancient Greek cuisine Azoria, Crete (possible 6th century BC andreion recovered in excavations at the...
the site of Azoria, the most important Ancient Greek (i.e. post-Minoan) site in the region, evidently an early city (c. 700-500 BC). Azoria is now under...
with INSTAP-SCEC include Mochlos, Pseira, Kavousi Vronda, Kavousi Kastro, Azoria, Chrysokamino, and Gournia. American School of Classical Studies at Athens...
urban centers in the Archaic period (6th century BCE), such as at nearby Azoria. The site was briefly explored in 1900 by the American archaeologist Harriet...
organised earlier in the period. Hetair-, a Greek linguistic root Syssitia Azoria, Crete (possible 6th-century BC andreion recovered in excavations at the...
the Palace of Nestor at Pylos (Messenia), Haghia Irini (Keos), as well as Azoria, Mochlos, Gournia, Kavousi and Kommos on Crete. ASCSA publishes the peer-reviewed...
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