Site details

Tapes Epano Kastello

PK	C4487
TITLE	Tapes Epano Kastello
WGS84	35.196273° N, 25.602968° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.196273, 25.602968
LON/LAT	25.602968, 35.196273

DMS

35° 11' 46.5828" N

25° 36' 10.6848" E

W3W	overseers, arduous, statistic
UTM	35 S, 372819, 3895703
EGSA87	645781, 3895697

Elevation m	1089
Elevation feet	3572.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Mirabello

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 126    'Also here, one can see architectural remains which cover an area about 25 x 15 m.'
2.    Settlement.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'Type: Settlement', 'Considerable architectural remains'

SITE SIZE

- Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]  p. ,  Size: 10000 sq. m.  'Surveyed/Excavated Area Size: 180 x 70 = 12600 m² (1.26 ha); Estimated Settlement Size: 10000 m² (1 ha)'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 126, 'The first group, fewer in number, belongs to the MM I-II period(s).'

2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 126, 'The first group, fewer in number, belongs to the MM I-II period(s).'

3. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 126, 'The second group of pottery represents Dark Age fragments of the LM IIIC period ...'

4. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 126, 'Several fragments may be as late as PG.'
    b.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From PG to PG'

NOTES

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

2. The Aristeia Project supplies additional biblio and notes for Epano Kastello on this page although their position (and overlay) for the site is incorrect.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Tapes Epano Kastello', 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., '48. Tapes Epano Kastello', pg. 125. 'Area A' in fig. 63, p. 126