Site details

Viran Episkopi

PK	C5620
TITLE	Viran Episkopi
WGS84	35.377452° N, 24.63505° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	35.377452, 24.63505
LON/LAT	24.63505, 35.377452

DMS

35° 22' 38.8272" N

24° 38' 6.18" E

W3W	intends, isomers, gracing
UTM	35 S, 285170, 3917470
EGSA87	557534, 3914799

Elevation m	140
Elevation feet	459.3
Region	Crete
Subregion	Mylopotamos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Nowicki [2014], 197    'Among stone objects the British archeologist noted "four stone axes, a saddle quern and a number of pounders"; on the chipped stones: "no obsidian was noted".', 'Among stone objects were one obsidian blade, several chipped quartz pieces, two serpentine axes, two stone lids ... and a large oblong quernstone with central hollow point, ... '
2.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2014], 197    'Among the earliest pottery Hood recorded e.g. "strap handles of oval or thick oval section, one small example having a burnished red wash"'
3.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2014], 197    'Another "EM and later Minoan settlement" was identified by Hood, ... '
4.    Settlement.   Hood et al. [1964], 59    'E.M. and later Minoan settlement on top of a ridge...'

SITE SIZE

- Hood et al. [1964]  p. 59,  Size: 18000 sq. m.  'The site ... over an area of about 150 m. along the ridge from west to east by 120 m. across it north to south.'

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 197,  Size: 1925 sq. m.  ' ... an area ca. 50 - 60 by 30 - 40 m, ... ' Using 55 x 35:

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic I: (3600 - 3200)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 198, 'Pottery seen by me on the flat summit (Pl. 40) is mixed, of FN I, FN II - EM I and later date, ... '

2. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 198, 'Pottery seen by me on the flat summit (Pl. 40) is mixed, of FN I, FN II - EM I and later date, ... '

3. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 198, 'Pottery seen by me on the flat summit (Pl. 40) is mixed, of FN I, FN II - EM I and later date, ... '

4. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 59, '...a high goblet foot of soft red burnished ware (E.M. II?)...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hood et al. [1964]: Hood, Sinclair and Peter Warren, Gerald Cadogan . ‘Travels in Crete, 1962’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (59), pp. 50-99, 1964., '6. Viran Episkopi', pg. 59. Online here.

2. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '126 Viran Episkopi', pg. 197. Online here.