Site details

Pobia: Vigla

PK	C4499
TITLE	Pobia: Vigla
WGS84	34.993273° N, 24.871067° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	34.993273, 24.871067
LON/LAT	24.871067, 34.993273

DMS

34° 59' 35.7828" N

24° 52' 15.8412" E

W3W	toymaker, sprayed, assessments
UTM	35 S, 305662, 3875748
EGSA87	579265, 3873733

Elevation m	622
Elevation feet	2040.7
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kainourion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 189    'Rescue excavations were then undertaken by A. Vasilakis in 1995 which yielded architectural remains of Protogeometric houses ...'
2.    Settlement.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     '20 houses are estimated. The settlement was destroyed by fire and earthquake.'

SITE SIZE

- Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]  p. ,  Size: 1500 sq. m.  'Estimated Settlement Size: 150 x 10 = 1500 m² (0.15 ha)'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 189, '... a few scraps of EM - MM I (?) pottery, ...'

2. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Overall Phases of Use: From MM to Cl'

3. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 189, '... a few scraps of EM - MM I (?) pottery, ...'

4. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Overall Phases of Use: From MM to Cl'

5. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 189, '... was covered with LM IIIC - PG potsherds and walls, ...'

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 189, '... was covered with LM IIIC - PG potsherds and walls, ...', 'The LM IIIC settlement on Vigla continued until Protogeometric.'
    b.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From PG to PG'

NOTES

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

2. For additional details including bibliography see the Aristeia page here

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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), 'Gria Vigla', 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., '87. Pobia Vigla', pg. 188.