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Dermatos Gorge

PKC7476
TITLEDermatos Gorge
WGS84 34.998963° N, 25.330368° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 34.998963, 25.330368
LON/LAT 25.330368, 34.998963

DMS 34° 59' 56.2668" N,25° 19' 49.3248" E

W3Wconserved, chin, thriving
UTM35 S, 347633.96, 3874201.59
EGSA87 621255, 3873448

Elevation m53
Elevation feet 173.9
RegionCrete
SubregionViannos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Nowicki [2014], 189    ' ... there were frequent red chert chipped flakes. Ground stone tools appear close to the wall remains, ... '
2.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2014], 189    'Pottery and the remains of walls can be seen ... ', 'Fragments of large storage jars or small pithoi are common; ...'
3.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2014], 189    'The main EM I settlement ... '
4.    Wall.   Nowicki [2014], 189    'Pottery and the remains of walls can be seen ... '


SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 189,  Size: 3500 sq. m.  ' ... over an area ca. 70 by 40 - 50 m, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 189, ' ... several sherds which date to FN II or to the transition between FN II and EM I.'

2. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 189, ' ... its majority, as seen on the surface, comes from the early and developed EM I phases.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Nowicki [2014]:  Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '114 Dermatos Gorge', pg. 189. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7476 is at 34.98755° N, 25.33899° E, a straight-line distance of 1 km and 490 m.