Site details

Xerokampos NE

PK	C7465
TITLE	Xerokampos NE
WGS84	35.0578° N, 26.239633° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.0578, 26.239633
LON/LAT	26.239633, 35.0578

DMS

35° 3' 28.08" N

26° 14' 22.6788" E

W3W	viaduct, diplodocus, placer
UTM	35 S, 430663.38, 3879717.18
EGSA87	704096, 3881458

Elevation m	25
Elevation feet	82
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Building.   Nowicki [2014], 121    'the site was densely built on and the number of houses may be estimated at between six and ten.'
2.    Lithics.   Nowicki [2014], 121    'An obsidian flake was recorded in the lower settlement.'
3.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2014], 121    'Among diagnostic FN II potsherds are two "cheese pot" fragments ... and ... '
4.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2014], 119    'An important FN II settlement is located above Katsounaki at the mouth of the gorge ... '

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 119,  Size: 1200 sq. m.  'The upper settlement covered an area ca. 30 by 40 m (1200 m²), ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 119, 'Among diagnostic FN II potsherds ... '

2. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 121, ' ..., but a few sherds may be of EM I early date.'

NOTE

1. See the detailed plan in Nowicki [2014] 120, Fig. 89.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '40 Xerokampos North East', pg. 119. Online here.