Site details

Rotasi: Kephala (anc. Rhytion)

PK	C5129
TITLE	Rotasi: Kephala (anc. Rhytion)
WGS84	35.011669° N, 25.169258° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.011669, 25.169258
LON/LAT	25.169258, 35.011669

DMS

35° 0' 42.0084" N

25° 10' 9.3288" E

W3W	paying, admits, bisects
UTM	35 S, 332955.69, 3875868.59
EGSA87	606536, 3874673

Elevation m	304
Elevation feet	997.4
Region	Crete
Subregion	Monophatsion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Building.   Pendlebury et al. [1933], 86    'On the summit itself was a square building of small stones ... ' Perhaps the structure at: 35.010756 N, 25.169096 E.'
2.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2000], 190    'Pendlebury noted here ... pottery, ... '
3.    settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 190    'A very extensive Geometric-Archaic-Classical-Hellenistic-Roman town covered the whole summit and much of the slopes, ...'
4.    Sherds.   Nowicki [2000], 190    'Among potsherds visible on the surface of Rotasi Kefala many date from the PG-G-A periods.'
5.    Sherds.   Pendlebury et al. [1933], 86    'Hellenic sherds are common, ... '
6.    Walls.   Pendlebury et al. [1933], 86    ' ... fine rough polygonal walls at various levels up to the summit, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 190,  Size: 80000 sq. m.  'Architectural remains and terraces extend for a distance at least 400 m (EW) by 200 m (SN), ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 190, 'Several potsherds indicate that there was an earlier settlement on this hill, dating to the LM I and LM IIIA-B periods.'
    b.    Pendlebury et al. [1933]: 86, ' ... and a few large pithos fragments which might well be L.M. I.'

2. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 190, 'LM IIIA-B?','Several potsherds indicate that there was an earlier settlement on this hill, dating to the LM I and LM IIIA-B periods.'

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 190, 'LM IIIA-B?','Several potsherds indicate that there was an earlier settlement on this hill, dating to the LM I and LM IIIA-B periods.'

4. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 191, '..., LM IIIC(?), ...'

5. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 191, '..., PG, ...'

6. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 191, '..., G, ...'

7. Roman: (753 BC - 395 AD)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 190, ' ... -Classical-Hellenistic-Roman town covered the whole summit ... ', 'Pendlebury noted here Orientalizing, Hellenistic and Roman pottery ... '

8. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 191, '..., A, ...'

9. Orientalizing: (700 BC - 630 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 190, 'Pendlebury noted here Orientalizing, Hellenistic and Roman pottery ... '
    b.    Pendlebury et al. [1933]: 86, ' ..., one Orientalizing sherd was found ... '

10. Classical: (480 BC - 323 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 190, ' ... -Classical-Hellenistic-Roman town covered the whole summit ... '

11. Hellenistic: (323 BC - 33 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 190, ' ... -Classical-Hellenistic-Roman town covered the whole summit ... ', 'Pendlebury noted here Orientalizing, Hellenistic and Roman pottery ... '

NOTE

1. Nowicki [2000] p. 190 says 'No certain diagnostic LM IIIC fragments were recorded on my visit, but some body sherds may represent Early Dark Age coarse ware fabrics.'

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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., '88. Rotasi Kefala', pg. 190.

2. Pendlebury et al. [1933]: Pendlebury, J.D.S., M. B. Money-Coutts, E. Eccles. ‘Journeys in Crete, 1934’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (33) 80-100, 1932-1933., 'Rhytion.', pg. 86. Online here.