Site details

Vainia: Sto Skouro (Lower)

PK	C5098
TITLE	Vainia: Sto Skouro (Lower)
WGS84	35.023044° N, 25.794889° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.023044, 25.794889
LON/LAT	25.794889, 35.023044

DMS

35° 1' 22.9584" N

25° 47' 41.6004" E

W3W	washer, seatbelts, stuffy
UTM	35 S, 390060, 3876262
EGSA87	663601, 3876782

Elevation m	264
Elevation feet	866.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Ierapetra

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 89    'The Lower Settlement extends over the southern slope of the hill...'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 89,  Size: 12000 sq. m.  Probably the max size. Nowicki says: '...and covers an area about 150 by 60 to 80 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 89, 'The dating of this site is based on a very scarce evidence and must be treated as tentative.', '...some EM, LM IIIC , ...'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 89, 'The dating of this site is based on a very scarce evidence and must be treated as tentative.', '...some EM, LM IIIC , ...'

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., '26. Vainia Skouros (Sto Skouro)', pg. 89.