Site details

Koutsounari: Karfi

PK	C4479
TITLE	Koutsounari: Karfi
WGS84	35.026536° N, 25.83842° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.026536, 25.83842
LON/LAT	25.83842, 35.026536

DMS

35° 1' 35.5296" N

25° 50' 18.312" E

W3W	loveliness, blaring, recycle
UTM	35 S, 394035.64, 3876602.36
EGSA87	667566, 3877242

Elevation m	343
Elevation feet	1125.3
Region	Crete
Subregion	Ierapetra

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 85    'Architectural remains are much better preserved in the western part of the knoll ...'
2.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2014], 166    'The site was a refuge settlement during the LM IIIC period, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 166,  Size: 2000 sq. m.  ' ..., about 50 by 40 m in size ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 166, ' ... a few FN II - EM I sherds, ... '

2. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 86, 'The number of potsherds indicate, however, that Karfi was an important FN to EM site; ...'

3. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 166, ' ... a few FN II - EM I sherds, ... '

4. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 86, 'A few potsherds can be tentatively dated to the MM period.'

5. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 86, 'One fragment ... may be dated to late LM IIIB.'

6. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 86, 'Most of the pottery visible on the surface dates to the early LM IIIC period, ...'
    b.    Nowicki [2014]: 166, 'The site was a refuge settlement during the LM IIIC period, ... '

NOTE

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

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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., '24. Koutsounari Karfi', pg. 84.

2. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '84 Koutsounari Karfi', pg. 166. Online here.