Site details

Kefala: North East Hill

PK	C5113
TITLE	Kefala: North East Hill
WGS84	35.211509° N, 24.483457° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.211509, 24.483457
LON/LAT	24.483457, 35.211509

DMS

35° 12' 41.4324" N

24° 29' 0.4452" E

W3W	dark, renewable, attempt
UTM	35 S, 270929, 3899401
EGSA87	543854, 3896317

Elevation m	458
Elevation feet	1502.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Hagios Vasileios

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'Clay Vessels coarse and fine wares'
2.    Settlement.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'Type: Settlement'
3.    Sherds.   Nowicki [2000], 202    'The pottery on the surface ... is considerably less numerous than on the South-West Hill.'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 202,  Size: 12000 sq. m.  Maximum: The North-East Hill extends for a distance of about 200 m from south-west to north-east and is about 40 to 60 m wide (Areas G and H).'

- Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]  p. ,  Size: 10000 sq. m.  'Estimated Settlement Size: 200 x 50 = 10000 m² (1 ha)', 'Nowicki suggests 10.000 sq.m., Wallace 15.000'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 203, 'The Late Minoan IIIC (and perhaps Subminoan) phase seems to prevail, ...'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From PG to EA'

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 203, 'A few fragments, particularly on the North-East Hill, indicate a limited Geometric-Archaic occupation.'
    b.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From PG to EA'

4. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 203, 'A few fragments, particularly on the North-East Hill, indicate a limited Geometric-Archaic occupation.'

5. Early Archaic: (700 BC - 600 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From PG to EA'

NOTE

1. The relevant Aristeia page is 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), 'Frati Kefala NE hill', 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., '97. Frati Kefala', pg. 201. North-East Hill