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Appendix 3:<br />

Second Millennium BC <strong>Metal</strong> Hoards: composition <strong>and</strong> tool types 1<br />

Early to <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Bronze</strong> <strong>Age</strong> transition <strong>and</strong> <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Bronze</strong> <strong>Age</strong><br />

1. Crete: Selakanos hoard (Sou<strong>the</strong>astern Crete): EM II – MM II<br />

Heraklion Museum (HM)<br />

Total objects in hoard 6<br />

Tool count <strong>and</strong> frequency 6 (100%)<br />

Carpentry/masonry tools 6 total: 4 double axes (HM 303-306), 2 long chisels (HM<br />

337, 339)<br />

Bibliography Branigan 1969, 2-4, fig.1; Branigan 1974; Deshayes 1960<br />

(entries 736, 737, 2038, 2018, 2045)<br />

Context <strong>and</strong> date of Unknown<br />

discovery<br />

Likelihood of hoard Possible but hardly definite<br />

Traditional interpretation Carpenter’s hoard<br />

2. Crete: Samba -Pediados hoard (Central Crete): EM II – MM II<br />

Heraklion Museum (HM)<br />

Total objects in hoard 3<br />

Tool count <strong>and</strong> frequency 3 (100%)<br />

Carpentry/masonry tools 3 total: 1 double ax (HM 1792); 2 chisels (HM 1793-4)<br />

Bibliography Branigan 1968, Branigan 1969, Deshayes 1960 (entries 735,<br />

998, 2091)<br />

Context <strong>and</strong> date of Unknown; 1914 is <strong>the</strong> year of entry in museum catalog<br />

discovery<br />

Likelihood of hoard Possible but hardly definite<br />

Traditional interpretation Carpenter’s hoard<br />

3. Crete: Chamaizi hoard (<strong>Eastern</strong> Crete): MM I-II<br />

Heraklion Museum (HM)<br />

Total objects in hoard 4<br />

Tool count <strong>and</strong> frequency 4 (100%)<br />

Carpentry/masonry tools 4 total: 2 double axes, 1 elongated single/flat adze; 1 ax-adze<br />

1 There are numerous metal hoards <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> EBA II <strong>and</strong> III periods; see Branigan 1969. The known EBA<br />

hoards <strong>from</strong> Greece <strong>and</strong> Turkey are listed here. From Greece: EH II/III Thebes hoard, EH II Eutresis<br />

hoard, EH III Petralona hoard, EC II Kythnos or new Naxos hoard; EC II Chal<strong>and</strong>riani/Kastri hoard, o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

EC II Naxos hoard, EB I Thermi level IIIB hoard, EB2 Thermi level IV or Potters’ pool hoard <strong>and</strong><br />

Poliochni Vano 829 hoard. From Turkey: Edremit hoard, EB 2 Trojan Great Treasure (Priam’s) <strong>and</strong><br />

Trojan Treasure K. A recent discovery worth noting is <strong>the</strong> EBA hoard <strong>from</strong> Rodopi in Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Greece.<br />

Newspaper reports indicate that more than 110 axe <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r tools were found. O<strong>the</strong>r assemblages of metal<br />

objects include <strong>the</strong> Thyreatis cache (1 silver pin, 1 gold pin, 1 gold pendant, 23 gold pendants, 1 gold<br />

pendant, 1 gold pendant, 1 gold bead) <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Aegina Treasure.<br />

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