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Itanos/Vamies

PKC7521
TITLEItanos∕Vamies
WGS84 35.26525° N, 26.247233° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.26525, 26.247233
LON/LAT 26.247233, 35.26525

DMS 35° 15' 54.9" N,26° 14' 50.0388" E

W3Wmavericks, tiff, retaliated
UTM35 S, 431530.51, 3902718.62
EGSA87 704269, 3904485

Elevation m93
Elevation feet 305.1
RegionCrete
SubregionSiteia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Building.   Nowicki [2014], 84    'They may be remains of either an enclosure wall or houses.'
2.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2014], 84    'The pottery is only occasionally visible on the surface, ... '
3.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2014], 84    
4.    Wall.   Nowicki [2014], 84    'Some walls, built of large boulders, are visible in the western and northern part of the site.'


SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 84,  Size: 1500 sq. m.  ' ..., over an area ca. 50 by 30 m; ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic I: (3600 - 3200)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 84, 'The fabrics are similar to those from Site 3 (FN II), ... '

2. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 84, ' ..., and these may indicate the occupation in the early EM I period.'

NOTE

1.  Nowicki [2014] 84: 'The site is most probably the same one identified by the Itanos Survey team and marked as "Minoen Ancien" (Site 17).'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Nowicki [2014]:  Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '4 Itanos/Vamies (Itanos Survey Site 17)', pg. 84. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7521 is at 35.27288° N, 26.24829° E, a straight-line distance of 852.6 m.