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Pefki: Stavromenos

PKC4471
TITLEPefki: Stavromenos
WGS84 35.077397° N, 25.987962° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.077397, 25.987962
LON/LAT 25.987962, 35.077397

DMS 35° 4' 38.6292" N,25° 59' 16.6632" E

W3Wdevour, lower, bookie
UTM35 S, 407735, 3882094
EGSA87 681098, 3883145

Elevation m561
Elevation feet 1840.6
RegionCrete
SubregionSiteia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 66    '... the nucleus of the refuge area of the ancient settlement occupied the very top of the hill.'


SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 66,  Size: 2400 sq. m.  'Because of the steep gradient of the slopes and the complex relief of the terracing is is hard to estimate the size of this upper part of the site; it covered approximately 80 m (S-N) and 30 m (E-W).'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 66, '..., may be dated to the early phase of the Dark Age, i.e., LM IIIC period.'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 67, '...an incised spiral which is probably of PG date, ...'

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 67, '..., G?'

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., '14. Pefki Stavromenos', pg. 64.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C4471 is at 35.03877° N, 25.98214° E, a straight-line distance of 4 km and 319 m.