Site details

Arvi: Fortetsa (Area A)

PK	C4402
TITLE	Arvi: Fortetsa (Area A)
WGS84	35.007185° N, 25.458503° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.007185, 25.458503
LON/LAT	25.458503, 35.007185

DMS

35° 0' 25.866" N

25° 27' 30.6108" E

W3W	allowing, briefer, superstars
UTM	35 S, 359342, 3874925
EGSA87	632936, 3874523

Elevation m	418
Elevation feet	1371.4
Region	Crete
Subregion	Viannos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Hood et al. [1964], 92    '...'prehistoric hold' was noted by Evans...'
2.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 141    'The settlement proper was located on the steep terraces just below and to the south of Fortetsa ...'
3.    Settlement.   Nowicki [1996], 262    '...which I propose to call: the Citadel ..., the Upper Settlement..., and the Lower Settlement ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [1996]: 262, '... it seems probable that the LM III settlement originated on the Citadel ...'
    b.    Hood et al. [1964]: 93, 'All of the nine tripod feet are of circular section, which should be L.M. III.'

2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [1996]: 273, '...with evidence of the late LM III B occupation, ...'
    b.    Nowicki [2000]: 141, '...was founded either at the very beginning of LM IIIC or even at the end of the LM IIIB period.'

3. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [1996]: 263, '...tripod leg ... one body sherd... and the rim of a deep bowl, all of LM III C date.'
    b.    Nowicki [2000]: 141, '...was founded either at the very beginning of LM IIIC or even at the end of the LM IIIB period.'
    c.    Hood et al. [1964]: 93, '..., and mostly it (sherds, RHC) seems very late (L.M. IIIC).'

NOTE

1. A complex site. Refer to Nowicki [2000], 140-141 and fig. 75 on p. 142 for details or see the excellent plan by Nowicki [1996], p. 263. Site contributed by Professor Sarah Murray of the University of Toronto.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hood et al. [1964]: Hood, Sinclair and Peter Warren, Gerald Cadogan . ‘Travels in Crete, 1962’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (59), pp. 50-99, 1964., '(5) 'Fortetsa'', pg. 92. Online here.

2. Nowicki [1996]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. ‘Arvi Fortetsa and Loutraki Kandilioro: Two Refuge Settlements in Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (91), pp. 253-285. 1996., 'Arvi Fortetsa: The Site', pg. 262. Online here.

3. 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., '60. Arvi Fortetsa', pg. 139.