Site details

Asari: Kefala

PK	C4481
TITLE	Asari: Kefala
WGS84	35.090509° N, 25.77692° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.090509, 25.77692
LON/LAT	25.77692, 35.090509

DMS

35° 5' 25.8324" N

25° 46' 36.912" E

W3W	clinical, breathing, ritzy
UTM	35 S, 388512, 3883764
EGSA87	661829, 3884236

Elevation m	284
Elevation feet	931.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Ierapetra

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 106    'All of them (hilltops, rhc), and the saddles between, are covered with potsherds and architectural remains.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 107, 'The second group of pottery, particularly well visible in the eastern part of the site, may represent a much earlier, probably MM period.'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 107, 'The main one (occupation phase, RHC) seems to be LM IIIC.'

NOTE

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

rhc

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., '38. Asari Kefala', pg. 106.