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Krasi: Kastello

PKC5119
TITLEKrasi: Kastello
WGS84 35.231276° N, 25.473732° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.231276, 25.473732
LON/LAT 25.473732, 35.231276

DMS 35° 13' 52.5936" N,25° 28' 25.4352" E

W3Wappealing, influential, swishes
UTM35 S, 361113, 3899758
EGSA87 633958, 3899397

Elevation m810
Elevation feet 2657.5
RegionCrete
SubregionLasithi





GENERAL SITE TYPE  hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 152    'Archaeological evidence, pottery and remains of ancient walls were identified...'


SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 152,  Size: 8500 sq. m.  Maximum: 'The site extends, therefore, about 180 m from south-west to north-east and about 80 m from north-west to south-east, covering c. 6,500 to 8,500 sq. m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 153, 'Potsherds scattered on the surface seem to represent ... Protogeometric and Geometric ...'

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 153, 'Potsherds scattered on the surface seem to represent ... Protogeometric and Geometric ...'

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., '64. Krasi Kastello', pg. 152.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5119 is at 35.29353° N, 25.4633° E, a straight-line distance of 6 km and 973 m.