Site details

Pefki: Mega Chalavro

PK	C4473
TITLE	Pefki: Mega Chalavro
WGS84	35.079215° N, 25.985354° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.079215, 25.985354
LON/LAT	25.985354, 35.079215

DMS

35° 4' 45.174" N

25° 59' 7.2744" E

W3W	landmark, bitumen, seizure
UTM	35 S, 407500, 3882299
EGSA87	680856, 3883342

Elevation m	601
Elevation feet	1971.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 69    'A Dark Age settlement was identified here in 1990 on the slope below a characteristic rock, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 71, 'Besides the earlier (MM I-II, MM III - LM I) ... types, ...'

2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 71, 'Besides the earlier (MM I-II, MM III - LM I) ... types, ...'

3. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 71, 'Besides the earlier (MM I-II, MM III - LM I) ... types, ...'

4. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 71, 'Besides the earlier (MM I-II, MM III - LM I) ... types, ...'

5. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 71, 'Both are very common at LM IIIC - PG sites.'

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 71, 'Both are very common at LM IIIC - PG sites.'

NOTE

1. A complex site with several components. This marks what Nowicki [2000] 69 calls the 'lower settlement'. For more on the topography of Mega Chalavro see Nowicki [2000] 69-70. 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., '16. Pefki Mega Chalavro', pg. 69.