Site details

Palaiochora Archangel Michael

PK	C7504
TITLE	Palaiochora Archangel Michael
WGS84	35.242972° N, 23.618367° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	35.242972, 23.618367
LON/LAT	23.618367, 35.242972

DMS

35° 14' 34.6992" N

23° 37' 6.1212" E

W3W	tantamount, laidback, filler
UTM	34 S, 738249.83, 3903130.94
EGSA87	465130, 3899766

Elevation m	67
Elevation feet	219.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Selino

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Nowicki [2014], 230    ' ..., three obsidian flakes, one black chert piece and a few red chert pieces were recorded on the top of the knoll.'
2.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2014], 230    'This is a small site probably occupied for a short time only.'
3.    Sherds.   Nowicki [2014], 230    'A few FN II - EM I potsherds, three obsidian flakes, one black chert piece and a few red chert pieces were recorded on the top of the knoll.'
4.    Sherds.   Hood [1967], 51    'Worn orange sherds are exposed on the slopes immediately above the church and below the summit of the hill. None of those which we saw is datable.'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 230,  Size: 100 sq. m.  'The ridge itself consists of a rocky knoll with flat summit, ca. 10 by 10 m in size, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 230, 'A few FN II - EM I potsherds, ... '

2. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 230, 'More pottery, mostly of EM - MM date, can be seen on the lower eastern terrace, situated 7 to 8 m below the top of the knoll.'

3. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 230, 'A few FN II - EM I potsherds, ... '

4. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 230, 'More pottery, mostly of EM - MM date, can be seen on the lower eastern terrace, situated 7 to 8 m below the top of the knoll.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hood [1967]: Hood, M.S.F.. ‘Some Ancient Sites in South-West Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (62) 47-56. 1967., 'A. 5. Archangel Michael', pg. 51. Online here.

2. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '152 Palaiochora Archangel Michael', pg. 230. Online here.