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Drepanon

PKC7482
TITLEDrepanon
WGS84 35.346583° N, 25.656467° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.346583, 25.656467
LON/LAT 25.656467, 35.346583

DMS 35° 20' 47.6988" N,25° 39' 23.2812" E

W3Wslated, anytime, shipped
UTM35 S, 377915.84, 3912307.08
EGSA87 650374, 3912449

Elevation m1
Elevation feet 3.3
RegionCrete
SubregionMirabello





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Lithics

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Nowicki [2014], 183    'The small promontory, ca. 50 by 40 m (Fig. 151), is scattered densely with obsidian pieces, over 100 were recorded on a single visit.', 'There were also several chipped quartz pieces, one red chert and three grey chert flakes.'
2.    Sherds.   Nowicki [2014], 184    ' ..., occasional sherds (as a rule small and very eroded), ... '


SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 183,  Size: 2000 sq. m.  'The small promontory, ca. 50 by 40 m ..., '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 184, ' ..., occasional sherds (as a rule small and very eroded), particularly along the eastern edge of the site, of Neolithic date, most probably FN II.'

2. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 184, 'One or two sherds were of early EM I date.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Nowicki [2014]:  Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '106 Drepanon', pg. 183. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7482 is at 35.34667° N, 25.65633° E, a straight-line distance of 15.5 m.