Site details

Agia Eirini Kastri

PK	C7458
TITLE	Agia Eirini Kastri
WGS84	35.02213° N, 26.192422° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.02213, 26.192422
LON/LAT	26.192422, 35.02213

DMS

35° 1' 19.668" N

26° 11' 32.7192" E

W3W	telescopes, waded, unsaved
UTM	35 S, 426326.18, 3875795.19
EGSA87	699877, 3877405

Elevation m	80
Elevation feet	262.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Nowicki [2014], 131    'There are many ground stone tools scattered on the surface, including saddle querns and pounders.'
2.    Lithics.   Nowicki [2014], 131    'Chipped stone is represented by chert and obsidian flakes and blades.'
3.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2014], 131    'The pottery of FN II and earliest EM I date (Pl. 8) is mainly of the Red Ware Fabric Group, ... '
4.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2014], 130    'An FN II - EM I settlement was located on the summit of the ridge and the slopes below it immediately to the south and southeast.', ' ..., and may have been inhabited by more than 20 families.

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 130,  Size: 8000 sq. m.  'The site covers an area about 100 m (east - west) by 80 m (south - north), ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 130, 'FN II and EM I pottery is visible ... '

2. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 130, 'FN II and EM I pottery is visible ... '

3. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 131, ' ..., it was not abandoned in early EM I, but continued through the EM II (III?) and MM I periods.'

4. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 131, ' ..., it was not abandoned in early EM I, but continued through the EM II (III?) and MM I periods.'

5. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 131, ' ..., it was not abandoned in early EM I, but continued through the EM II (III?) and MM I periods.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '46 Agia Eirini Kastri.', pg. 129. Online here.