Hagia triada
Agia Triada redirects here. For other uses, see Agia triada (disambiguation)Hagia Triada (also Ayia Triada, Agia Triada, Agia Trias) is the archaeological site of an ancient
Minoan settlement.
Hagia Triada means "holy trinity" in Greek.
Hagia Triada is in south central Crete, 30-40 meters above sea level.
Hagia Triada was originally excavated by
Sir Arthur Evans from
1900 to
1908.
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 the
Chieftain's Cup, the
Boxer Vase and the
Harvest Vase.
* Swindale, Ian http://www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/minoan/agtriada.htm Retrieved
20 January 2006* http://www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/minoan/agtriada.htm
