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Vrokastro: Prophitis Ilias: Cem

PKC5866
TITLEVrokastro: Prophitis Ilias: Cem
WGS84 35.090623° N, 25.711431° E
Accuracy 200 m.

LAT/LON 35.090623, 25.711431
LON/LAT 25.711431, 35.090623

DMS 35° 5' 26.2428" N,25° 42' 41.1516" E

W3Wexams, llama, ticked
UTM35 S, 382542, 3883852
EGSA87 655858, 3884144

Elevation m444
Elevation feet 1456.7
RegionCrete
SubregionIerapetra





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Hayden et al. [1992], 344    'The earlier material comes from a large cemetery that extends from the ridge top to the valley floor.'
2.    Cem.   Eaby [2007], 60    'A cemetery site (PI4) was identified ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 60, '...it contained some evidence of LG - O and H, ...'

2. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Hayden et al. [1992]: 344, 'Archaic - H VT'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 60, '..., though primarily A-C.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Eaby [2007]:  Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., 'B. Profitis Ilias', pg. 60. 'Eaby is largely following Hayden [1992].'
Online here.

2.  Hayden et al. [1992]:  Hayden, Barbara J. and Jennifer A. Moody, Oliver Rackham. ‘The Vrokastro Survey Project, 1986-1989: Research Design and Preliminary Results’, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (61:3), 293-353. 1992., 'PI 4', pg. 344. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5866 is at 35.12733° N, 25.73214° E, a straight-line distance of 4 km and 486 m.