Site details

Dermatos Kastrokefala

PK	C7477
TITLE	Dermatos Kastrokefala
WGS84	34.987818° N, 25.320363° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	34.987818, 25.320363
LON/LAT	25.320363, 34.987818

DMS

34° 59' 16.1448" N

25° 19' 13.3068" E

W3W	toolbars, possessive, bunking
UTM	35 S, 346700.05, 3872980.79
EGSA87	620358, 3872200

Elevation m	61
Elevation feet	200.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Monophatsion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Nowicki [2014], 187    'Chipped stone is rare, but two obsidian flakes and one red chert were found.'
2.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2014], 187    'Pottery is very numerous and includes several fabrics.'
3.    Sherds.   Nowicki [2014], 187    'A great number of sherds, however, are in a red or brown fabric with the surface being either very roughly finished ... '
4.    Walls.   Nowicki [2014], 187    'Remains of walls are visible at places close to the northern and southern ends of the summit.'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 186,  Size: 2000 sq. m.  'The almost perfectly flat summit is about 80 by 20 - 25 m in size (ca. 2000 m²), and is densely covered with stones which must derive from destroyed prehistoric constructions.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 187, 'This group should be dated to the FN II period.'

2. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 187, 'The site was presumably initially settled in the FN II period, continued in use through the earliest EM I, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '113 Dermatos Kastrokefala', pg. 186. Online here.