Site details

Tzermiado: Kastellos

PK	C5408
TITLE	Tzermiado: Kastellos
WGS84	35.196271° N, 25.495858° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	35.196271, 25.495858
LON/LAT	25.495858, 35.196271

DMS

35° 11' 46.5756" N

25° 29' 45.0888" E

W3W	overbuilt, paperbacks, stemmed
UTM	35 S, 363068, 3895845
EGSA87	636030, 3895545

Elevation m	923
Elevation feet	3028.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Lasithi

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Watrous and Blitzer [1982], 42    'Scant traces of occupation in the ... LM III ... periods were noted.'
2.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2014], 179    ' ... one of the most important local centres of settlement ... '
3.    Sherds.   Nowicki [2014], 179    'Pendlebury also mentioned a substantial number of Neolithic sherds ... '

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 178,  Size: 5400 sq. m.  'The oblong summit, ca. 120 by 40 - 50 m in size, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 179, ' ... most of the remains were dated by him (i.e. Pendlebury, RHC) to the EM and MM periods.'

2. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 179, ' ... most of the remains were dated by him (i.e. Pendlebury, RHC) to the EM and MM periods.'

3. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 42, 'Scant traces of occupation in the ... LM III ... periods were noted.', 'A few fragments of LM III jars and goblets were found.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '99 Tzermiado Kastello', pg. 178. Online here.

2. Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: Watrous, Livingston Vance and H. Blitzer. ‘Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete’, Hesperia Supplements (18), Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete, pp. 1-122. 1982., '12. Tzermiado: Kastellos', pg. 42. 'Watrous et al. say 'west of Tzermiado' when it seems apparent from their maps and their photo (Plate 12) that they mean 'east'.'
Online here.