Site details

Agios Ioannis Katalimata

PK	C4478
TITLE	Agios Ioannis Katalimata
WGS84	35.041645° N, 25.818431° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.041645, 25.818431
LON/LAT	25.818431, 35.041645

DMS

35° 2' 29.922" N

25° 49' 6.3516" E

W3W	darkish, retina, magnified
UTM	35 S, 392232, 3878299
EGSA87	665712, 3878884

Elevation m	723
Elevation feet	2372
Region	Crete
Subregion	Ierapetra

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 82    'Katalimata was probably the main refuge settlement in the area between Kato Chorio, Ierapetra, Koutsounari and Ag. Ioannis.'
2.    settlement.   Eaby [2007], 48    '...a large, primarily LM IIIC defensible settlement on the summit of Katalimata ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 84, '...this may indicate early LM IIIC dating, ...'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 48, '...a large, primarily LM IIIC defensible settlement on the summit of Katalimata ...'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 84, '...an incised spiral may belong to very late LM IIIC or PG.'

NOTE

1. Contributed by Professor S. Murray, University of Toronto.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Eaby [2007]: Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., '18. Agios Ioannis Katalimata', pg. 48. Online here.

2. 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., '23. Agios Ioannis Katalimata/Kastrolakkos', pg. 82.