Site details
Kato Korphe
| PK | C6250 |
| TITLE | Kato Korphe |
| WGS84 | 35.188691° N, 25.172161° E |
| Accuracy | 50 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.188691, 25.172161 |
| LON/LAT | 25.172161, 35.188691 |
| DMS | 35° 11' 19.2876" N | , | 25° 10' 19.7796" E |
| W3W | bristly, dare, packers |
| UTM | 35 S, 333581, 3895499 |
| EGSA87 | 606570, 3894309 |
| Elevation m | 498 |
| Elevation feet | 1633.9 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Pedhiadha |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Faure [1967], 123 'J'ai vu in situ, parmi les rochers et les arbres, des ruines éparses de constructions et des tessons de pithoi à bandes, ... 'PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
a. Faure [1967]: 123, ' ..., de divers fragments de figurines en argile, attribuées au MM 1 : ... '
NOTE
1. Faure [1967] 123 says that the place is 200 m. S of Choudetsi (F3895), on the east border of the road which goes from the Pediadha to the Mesara, and on a watershed (' ... à 200 m au Sud de Khoudetsi (Pediados), en bordure Est de la route qui mène de la Pedias à la Mesara, sur la ligne de partage des eaux.'). The place selected, on a little ridge S of the town fits these criteria although not Faure's suggested altitude of 440 m. The location picked has an elevation of 497 m.
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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., '- Κάτω Κορφή', pg. 123.
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