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Plako Kefali: Hab

PKC5085
TITLEPlako Kefali: Hab
WGS84 35.091309° N, 25.434941° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.091309, 25.434941
LON/LAT 25.434941, 35.091309

DMS 35° 5' 28.7124" N,25° 26' 5.7876" E

W3Wfluency, glacier, applauded
UTM35 S, 357339, 3884289
EGSA87 630651, 3883822

Elevation m958
Elevation feet 3143
RegionCrete
SubregionPedhiadha





GENERAL SITE TYPE  hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 145    'Architectural remains are visible also on the saddle between Pano Kefali and Plako Kefali...'


SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 145,  Size: 4000 sq. m.  '...(at most 3,500-4,000 sq. m).'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 144, 'One of the largest defensible sites of LM IIIC date is situated at the eastern end of the deep valley which opens east of Embaros...'

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., '61. Katofygi Erganos Kefali', pg. 143.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5085 is at 34.99686° N, 25.3929° E, a straight-line distance of 11 km and 155 m.