Site details
Kritsa: Kastello
| PK | C2636 |
| TITLE | Kritsa: Kastello |
| WGS84 | 35.159054° N, 25.638581° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.159054, 25.638581 |
| LON/LAT | 25.638581, 35.159054 |
| DMS | 35° 9' 32.5944" N | , | 25° 38' 18.8916" E |
| W3W | scruff, lift, imprints |
| UTM | 35 S, 376005, 3891530 |
| EGSA87 | 649092, 3891622 |
| Elevation m | 513 |
| Elevation feet | 1683.1 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Mirabello |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Settlement. Nowicki [2000], 120 '...the Dark Age settlement...'SITE SIZE
- Nowicki [2000] p. 120, Size: 45000 sq. m. Absolute maximum. Nowicki says '...ancient buildings can be traced between the southern cliff and the northern steep slope in a strip c. 100 to 150 m wide, for a distance of at least 300 m from the western border of the LM IIIC settlement, ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 121, 'This early occupation can be dated to the EM and MM I period, and may have covered the entire summit...'
2. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 121, 'This early occupation can be dated to the EM and MM I period, and may have covered the entire summit...'
3. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 121, 'The LM IIIC pottery recorded on the surface of Kastello ...'
4. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 123, '..., PG?'
NOTES
1. Nowicki [2000] defines the term 'Dark Age' on p. 16: 'The label Dark Age as a general historical term seems to be better than both Protogeometric and Early Iron Age and I will use it in that context when appropriate in this book. ... In Crete the best absolute dating would be very late LM IIIB to the early Geometric, i.e. some decades before 1200 (1230?) to c. 800 B.C.' Site contributed by Sarah Murray, University of Toronto.
2. Position based on Nowicki [2000] 121, Fig. 58.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Nowicki [2000]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Defensible Sites in Crete; c. 1200 - 800 B.C. (LM IIIB/IIIC through Early Geometric). Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 21., '46. Kritsa Kastello', pg. 120.