Site details
Praisos: Third Acropolis
| PK | C6090 |
| TITLE | Praisos: Third Acropolis |
| WGS84 | 35.120095° N, 26.088849° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.120095, 26.088849 |
| LON/LAT | 26.088849, 35.120095 |
| DMS | 35° 7' 12.342" N | , | 26° 5' 19.8564" E |
| W3W | farms, limping, delis |
| UTM | 35 S, 416976, 3886741 |
| EGSA87 | 690198, 3888069 |
| Elevation m | 308 |
| Elevation feet | 1010.5 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Siteia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE hab
TYPE
1. hab. Myers et al. [1992], 256 'Praisos is an Archaic-Classical-Hellenistic city in the far eastern end of Crete.'PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Myers et al. [1992]: 256, 'Praisos is an Archaic-Classical-Hellenistic city in the far eastern end of Crete. ... The Eteocretans spoke a non-Greek language, which is known from five inscriptions from Praisos (found with terracotta and bronze figurines at the shrine on the so-called Third Acropolis).'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Myers et al. [1992]: Myers, J. Wilson and Eleanor Emlen Myers, Gerald Cadogan. The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles. United States of America. 1992., '37 Praisos', pg. 256.