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Sougia

PKC6235
TITLESougia
WGS84 35.251104° N, 23.807766° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.251104, 23.807766
LON/LAT 23.807766, 35.251104

DMS 35° 15' 3.9744" N,23° 48' 27.9576" E

W3Wsomebody, riotous, overall
UTM34 S, 755463, 3904505
EGSA87 482363, 3900618

Elevation m110
Elevation feet 360.9
RegionCrete
SubregionSelino





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Peak Sanctuary

TYPE

1.    Peak Sanctuary.   Nowicki [2007], 19    'All the characteristics of the cult site at Sougia fit very well into the pattern of Minoan peak sanctuaries - the location, topography of the site, types and distribution of the finds (including its 'pebbles feature'), and two-way visual links between the sanctuary and the settlement. There is, however, one significant difference - the finds date the site to the Archaic to Classical periods.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 19, ' ... the finds date the site to the Archaic to Classical periods.'

NOTE

1.  For the exact location see Nowicki [2007] 18, Figs. 18-1 and 18-2 where it appears as point 1.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Nowicki [2007]:  Nowicki, Krzysztof. ‘Some Remarks on New Peak Sanctuaries in Crete: Topography of a Ritual Area and Relation with Settlements’, Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, (122), 1-31, 2007., 'THE CASE OF SOUGIA - POST-MINOAN CONTINUATION OF THE PEAK SANCTUARY IDEA?', pg. 17. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6235 is at 35.24767° N, 23.80942° E, a straight-line distance of 409.7 m.