Find spot: Santorini, Akrotiri, Xeste 3, upper storeyDate: c. 1650 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, kilt, detailed jewelry Two girls in fine clothes gather saffron, the symbol of a Minoan goddess and possibly a symbol of new womanhood. Both girls have undeveloped breasts, but wear their heanoses open in front. The girl on the right, in the orange or […]
Find spot: Santorini, Akrotiri, Xeste 3, upper storeyDate: c. 1650 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, kilt, detailed jewelry See The Older Saffron-Gatherer for analysis.
Find spot: Santorini, Akrotiri, Xeste 3Date: c. 1650 BCE Clothing depicted: Loose heanos, kilt, detailed jewelry
Find spot: Mycenae; north slope of the Acropolis, close to the megaronDate: 15th-14th c. BCE Clothing depicted: Two women in heanos, kilts, jewelry, and a shared wrap; a toddler in heanos without overskirt, and jewelry
Find spot: Knossos, IsopatraDate: 1500-1450 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos; kilt worn over tiered skirt; tiered skirt, possibly with an apron; kilt worn over heanos with vertical lines; tiered skirt, possibly worn without a heanos
Find spot: Akrotiri, House of the LadiesDate: 1700-1600 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos with horizontal decoration, kilt. The woman appears to be holding another kilt.