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Kera: Kastello

PKC5125
TITLEKera: Kastello
WGS84 35.208191° N, 25.451467° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.208191, 25.451467
LON/LAT 25.451467, 35.208191

DMS 35° 12' 29.4876" N,25° 27' 5.2812" E

W3Wapelike, shrubs, skimmer
UTM35 S, 359047, 3897229
EGSA87 631969, 3896807

Elevation m689
Elevation feet 2260.5
RegionCrete
SubregionLasithi





GENERAL SITE TYPE  hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 166    'The site was probably occupied until Archaic ...'


SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 166,  Size: 4800 sq. m.  'Potsherds are scattered over an area c. 80 by 60 m, on the summit A and terraces C and D, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 167, '..., but a few sherds may be of LM IIIC date ...'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 167, 'Pottery represents mostly the late phase of the Dark Age, i.e. Protogeometric and Geometric, ...'

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 167, 'Pottery represents mostly the late phase of the Dark Age, i.e. Protogeometric and Geometric, ...'

4. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 167, 'The site was probably occupied until Archaic ...'

NOTE

1.  In Nowicki [2002] see fig. 95, p. 167 for the topography of Kastello.

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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., '69. Kera Kastello', pg. 166.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5125 is at 35.29206° N, 25.45079° E, a straight-line distance of 9 km and 307 m.