Site details
Kera: Kastello
| PK | C5125 |
| TITLE | Kera: 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 |
| W3W | apelike, shrubs, skimmer |
| UTM | 35 S, 359047, 3897229 |
| EGSA87 | 631969, 3896807 |
| Elevation m | 689 |
| Elevation feet | 2260.5 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Lasithi |
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.