Site details

Kera: Papoura

PK	C2807
TITLE	Kera: Papoura
WGS84	35.206471° N, 25.460467° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.206471, 25.460467
LON/LAT	25.460467, 35.206471

DMS

35° 12' 23.2956" N

25° 27' 37.6812" E

W3W	accompanying, necked, snip
UTM	35 S, 359863, 3897026
EGSA87	632791, 3896628

Elevation m	1014
Elevation feet	3326.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Lasithi

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Watrous and Blitzer [1982], 39    ' ...: : we saw three round (LM III?) brazier legs and a conical cup.'
2.    Pottery.   Watrous and Blitzer [1982], 39    'Walls and pottery are found on the ridgetop and on the south and east slopes ... '
3.    Settlement.   Watrous and Blitzer [1982], 39    'This large settlement ... '
4.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 170    'It seems that the foundation of the settlement on Papoura took place while Karfi was still occupied.'
5.    Walls.   Watrous and Blitzer [1982], 39    'Walls and pottery are found on the ridgetop and on the south and east slopes ... '

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 169,  Size: 18000 sq. m.  Maximum. '...on the oblong summit of Papoura measuring c. 300 by 50 to 60 m (Areas A to F).'

- Watrous and Blitzer [1982]  p. 39,  Size: 80000 sq. m.  ' ... south and east slopes over a total area of 200 x 400 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 170, '...MM-LM I?, ...'

2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 170, '...MM-LM I?, ...'

3. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 39, ' ...: : we saw three round (LM III?) brazier legs ... '

4. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 170, 'Some of the sherds can be dated as early as LM IIIC ...'

5. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 170, 'The early PG fragments are very numerous ...'
    b.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 39, 'This large settlement of the Protogeometric-Archaic period ... ', , 'The unpublished pottery from the trial is mostly Protogeometric, Geometric, and Archaic.'

6. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 170, '...a cult place of PG-G date was partly destroyed when the telephone installation was constructed.'
    b.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 39, 'This large settlement of the Protogeometric-Archaic period ... ', 'The unpublished pottery from the trial is mostly Protogeometric, Geometric, and Archaic.'

7. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 170, '..., A.'
    b.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 39, 'This large settlement of the Protogeometric-Archaic period ... ', 'The unpublished pottery from the trial is mostly Protogeometric, Geometric, and Archaic.'

NOTES

1. This marker is at Nowicki's site A. Papoura has several more components. See full discussion in Nowicki [2000] pp. 169-70 and fig. 97 on p. 169.

2. Site contributed by Professor Sarah Murray, University of Toronto, Canada.

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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., '70. Kera Papoura', pg. 167.

2. Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: Watrous, Livingston Vance and H. Blitzer. ‘Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete’, Hesperia Supplements (18), Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete, pp. 1-122. 1982., '4. Pinakiano', pg. 39. Online here.