Site details

Finikias: Roman Settlement

PK	C7423
TITLE	Finikias: Roman Settlement
WGS84	35.198275° N, 24.352768° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	35.198275, 24.352768
LON/LAT	24.352768, 35.198275

DMS

35° 11' 53.79" N

24° 21' 9.9648" E

W3W	wiper, yapped, name
UTM	35 S, 258990.84, 3898241.96
EGSA87	531964, 3894800

Elevation m	162
Elevation feet	531.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Hagios Vasileios

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Hood and Warren [1966], 184    'Other finds include a fragment of a terracotta figurine, and a flat circular loom-weight ... '
2.    Settlement.   Hood and Warren [1966], 184    ' ... are traces of an extensive Greco-Roman settlement.'
3.    Sherds.   Hood and Warren [1966], 184    'Sherds are scattered in the terraced olive-groves ... '

SITE SIZE

- Hood and Warren [1966]  p. 184,  Size: 10000 sq. m.  'Sherds are scattered in the terraced olive-groves over an area of 100 x 100 m. or more.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 184, ' ..., a thickened bowl rim of cooking-pot fabric looks as if it should be M.M. I.'

2. Roman: (753 BC - 395 AD)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 184, 'The rest of the pottery ranges from Classical ... and Roman.'

3. Classical: (480 BC - 323 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 184, 'The rest of the pottery ranges from Classical ... '

4. Hellenistic: (323 BC - 33 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 184, 'The rest of the pottery ranges from ... to Hellenistic ...

NOTE

1. Hood and Warren [1966] p. 184 say: 'Terraced olive-groves'. Also traces of a Greco-Roman settlement over about 100 m. square where sherds are found.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hood and Warren [1966]: Hood, Sinclair and Peter Warren. ‘Ancient Sites in the Province of Ayios Vasilios, Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (61) pp. 163-191, 1966., '26. Sellia: 'Finikias' (ancient PHOINIX?)', pg. 184. Online here.