Site details

Nirou Khani/Megaron Nirou

PK	C5389
TITLE	Nirou Khani∕Megaron Nirou
WGS84	35.330997° N, 25.250812° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.330997, 25.250812
LON/LAT	25.250812, 35.330997

DMS

35° 19' 51.5892" N

25° 15' 2.9232" E

W3W	surrounds, curable, remarried
UTM	35 S, 341021, 3911154
EGSA87	613532, 3910179

Elevation m	7
Elevation feet	23
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pedhiadha

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Vallois and Dugas [1925], 215    '...le petit palais de Nirou-Khani ...'
2.    hab.   Tziligkaki [2010], 317    'The Minoan mansion at Nirou Chani, also known as "Megaron Nirou", at the site Almyrides, a few kilometers east of Herakleion at the north coast of Crete ...'
3.    Villa.   Langohr [2009], 61    '... est surtout connu pour sa villa néo-palatiale.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Vallois and Dugas [1925]: 216, 'Mais entre le palais et la mer on rencontre en abondance des tessons M.M. mélés du Minoen Récent.'

2. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Tziligkaki [2010]: 317, '..., was first built during the MM III period ...'

3. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Vallois and Dugas [1925]: 216, 'A part un ou deux fragments plus anciens, toute cette céramique relève du Minoen Récent I.'

4. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Tziligkaki [2010]: 317, '..., was first built during the MM III period and destroyed in LM IB...'

5. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Tziligkaki [2010]: 317, '...and destroyed in LM IB...'
    b.    Langohr [2009]: 61, 'Celle-ci n'est pas réhabitée après sa destruction à la fin du MR IB.'

NOTES

1. An informative ground plan in Vallois and Dugas [1925] 215, fig. 1. And see the photographs in Tziligkaki [2010] 319, fig. 2 and fig. 3.

2. A major Minoan palace

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Langohr [2009]: Langohr, Charlotte. PERIPHEREIA: Étude régionale de la Crète aux Minoen Récent II-IIIB (1450-1200 av. J.-C.) 1 | La Crète centrale et occidentale, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Belgium, 2009., '2.1.6 Nirou Hani', pg. 61. Online here.

2. Tziligkaki [2010]: Tziligkaki, Eleni K.. ‘Types of schist used in buildings of Minoan Crete’, Hellenic Journal of Geosciences (45), 317-322, 2010., 'The Archaeological Evidence', pg. 317. Online here.

3. Vallois and Dugas [1925]: Vallois, Rene and Charles Dugas. ‘Bulletin archéologique’, Revue des Études Grecques, 211-282, 1925, 'Crete; Le palais de Nirou-Khani.', pg. 215. Online here.