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Iouktas

PKC5137
TITLEIouktas
WGS84 35.241168° N, 25.144629° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.241168, 25.144629
LON/LAT 25.144629, 35.241168

DMS 35° 14' 28.2048" N,25° 8' 40.6644" E

W3Wunchecked, buoyancy, silvers
UTM35 S, 331183, 3901366
EGSA87 603996, 3900100

Elevation m761
Elevation feet 2496.7
RegionCrete
SubregionTemenos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Wall

TYPE

1.    Wall.   Nowicki [2000], 45    'The same summit which is occupied by the aforementioned peak sanctuary is encircled by a huge fortification wall built of large unworked blocks.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 45, '..., it seems more probable that the construction and the whole idea reflects the late LM IIIB tradition.'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 45, 'Dating LM IIIB/C?'

NOTE

1.  'Part of a Minoan Peak Sanctuary'

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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., '2. Iouktas', pg. 44.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5137 is at 35.33301° N, 25.19347° E, a straight-line distance of 11 km and 110 m.