Site details

Xykephalo

PK	C6245
TITLE	Xykephalo
WGS84	35.089993° N, 26.131185° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	35.089993, 26.131185
LON/LAT	26.131185, 35.089993

DMS

35° 5' 23.9748" N

26° 7' 52.266" E

W3W	pressures, biscuit, forbid
UTM	35 S, 420805, 3883368
EGSA87	694128, 3884812

Elevation m	740
Elevation feet	2427.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Peak Sanctuary

TYPE

1. Peak Sanctuary. Faure [1967], 119 Implied

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Faure [1967]: 119, 'L'etat de debris MM (3?) donne à penser que les offrandes étaient brisées et éparpillées dès le moment du sacrifice.'

NOTES

1. Placed notionally about 1600 m. to the SSE of Katelionas (Faure [1967] 119) at the highest point which faces a cliff running from E-W.

2. Placed notionally about 1600 m. to the SSE of Katelionas (Faure [1967] 119) at the highest point which faces a cliff running from E-W.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Faure [1967]: Faure, Paul. ‘Nouvelles recherches sur trois sortes de sanctuaires crétois’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (91:1), pp. 114-150, 1967., ''- Ξυκέφαλο'', pg. 119. Online here.