“Excavations in Lasithi, Crete, B. S. A.” photograph album

Department Archive
Collection John Pendlebury Family Papers
Reference No. PEN/4/3/4
Level Volume
Place Lasithi Plateau
Dates 1937-1939
Scope and Content Contains photographs of archaeological sites, excavations, people at excavations (including John Pendlebury) and objects found around the Lasithi Plain. Covers excavations at Trapeza Cave, Skaphidia Cave, Argoulia Cave, Kastellos Tzermiadhou, Kolonna, Agiou Georgiou Papoura, Sta Mnemata, Karphi, Astividhero, Donadhes and Lagou. The album is labelled in John Pendlebury’s handwriting. The photographs have original reference numbers starting “Tz”, and photographs of objects have additional “O” references. These numbers refer to negatives in negative albums (PEN 4/3/6, 4/3/7 and 4/3/8). There is a list of the photographs with a negative reference written inside the front cover. Some photographs also have “M” numbers (Sta Mnemata), “K” numbers (Karphi), “A” numbers [Astividhero or Architecture], “Kol” numbers (Kolonna), “MK” numbers (Mikre Koprana) and “G” numbers. Some of the photographs were published in ‘Excavations in the Plain of Lasithi II’ by H. W. Pendlebury, J. D. S. Pendlebury and M. B. Money-Coutts, in BSA (38): these are photos 2, 3, 5, 14, 16, 17, 19, part of 64, part of 68, 167-168, 183-190, 191 (printed in reverse), 192-194. Some other photographs were published in ‘Karphi. A city of refuge in early iron age Crete. Excavation in the Plain of Lasithi III’ in BSA (38): these are photos 43, 48-49, 52, 57, 58, 61, 67, 82, 86, 88, 90, 110, 111, 113, 114, 119, 120, 123, 127, 132, 133, 138, 141-142, 146, 150, 153, 155, 162-164, 197, 201, 206, 228-236, 248-251, 253-257, 260, and 261-270. The series of excavation photographs is continued in the next album (PEN 4/3/5).
Related records [PEN/4/3/5], Volume, “Excavations in Lasithi II, Crete, B. S. A.” photograph album, 1939
Access restricted [PEN/4/1/3], Excavation notebook “Tzermiadha. Plans, Stroses”, 1937-1939
[PEN/4/1/4], Excavation notebook “Tzermiadha. Objects, Photographs”, 1937-1939
[PEN/4/3/13/10/6], Two photographs of stone objects from Kastellos, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/10/7], Two photographs of stone and clay objects from Kastellos, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/10/8], Photograph of a stirrup jar from near Trapeza Cave, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/10/9], Two photographs of fragments of pottery and inscribed sherds from Kastellos, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/10/1], Two photographs of Cave of Skaphidhia and a vase from the cave, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/10/10], Two photographs of Neolithic pottery from Skaphidhia and Grymani caves and Trapeza ware fragments of pottery from Skaphidhia cave and Kastellos, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/10/11], Photograph of jugs, cups and a bowl from Kastellos, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/10/12], Two photographs of pottery from Kastellos, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/10/13], Two photographs of pottery from Kastellos including a pithos, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/10/15], One photograph of walls at Kolonna, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/10/16], Two photographs terracottas etc from Donadhes, Kolonna and Kerasa, and iron objects from the Geometric tholos on the Papoura, mounted on cardboard, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/10/2], Photograph of a site of Neolithic burial, Kastellos, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/10/3], Photograph of a panorama of view of Kastellos from the east, mounted on cardboard, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/10/4], Two photographs of a view of Kastellos from south west and a house at Kastellos from the south, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/10/5], Four photographs of a view of Kastellos, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/8/16], Three photographs of Goddess vase from Mikre Koprana, “ritual vase with head of oxen” [part of charioteer rhyton] and clay models of a head and torso (cult objects), mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/8/28], Photograph of stirrup jars from Karphi, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/8/11], Three photographs mounted onto card of “Two of the goddesses from the Protogeometric Shrine on Karphi”, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/8/12], Four photographs of 4 views of clay goddess figurines (“clay statues of goddesses 1 and 2 from the temple”), mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/8/13], Two photographs of clay plaque of goddess and [clay altars] (cult objects), mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/8/15], Photograph of clay figurines from the Peak Sanctuary, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/8/4], Two photographs of a vessel with 3 handles and a face (“Rhyton with a human head”), mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/8/5], Two photographs of 2 sides of a clay altar, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/8/6], Two photographs of 2 sides of a clay altar, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/8/7], Photograph of a view of top of clay altar, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/13/8/8], Two photographs of clay figurines and miniature vases from the Peak Sanctuary, mounted onto a sheet of paper, Undated
[PEN/4/3/1], Volume, “Excavations at the Cave of Trapeza” B.S.A. album, 1936