Site details
Xerokampos Kastri: no. 1
| PK | C7460 |
| TITLE | Xerokampos Kastri: no. 1 |
| WGS84 | 35.034324° N, 26.213664° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.034324, 26.213664 |
| LON/LAT | 26.213664, 35.034324 |
| DMS | 35° 2' 3.5664" N | , | 26° 12' 49.1904" E |
| W3W | nosed, blank, bullseye |
| UTM | 35 S, 428274.74, 3877132.03 |
| EGSA87 | 701785, 3878801 |
| Elevation m | 62 |
| Elevation feet | 203.4 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Siteia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Lithics. Nowicki [2014], 123 'At least ten chips of serpentine and numerous ground stone tools were found here, ... '2. Pottery. Nowicki [2014], 123 'The pottery from Kastri is mostly of pinkish-red or reddish-brown colour ... '
SITE SIZE
- Nowicki [2014] p. 122, Size: 16000 sq. m. 'Kastri extends over an area ca. 200 by 80 m.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
a. Nowicki [2014]: 123, ' ... and is very characteristic for early EM I in south Crete.', 'The presence of both the latter fabrics indicates that the site continued into the EM I period.'
NOTE
1. A complex site occupied during the FN II as well as the EM I. See the detailed map in Nowicki [2014] 124, Fig. 92.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '42 Xerokampos Kastri', pg. 122.
Online here.