Site details

Karoumes Kastellas

PK	C7544
TITLE	Karoumes Kastellas
WGS84	35.147667° N, 26.269833° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.147667, 26.269833
LON/LAT	26.269833, 35.147667

DMS

35° 8' 51.6012" N

26° 16' 11.3988" E

W3W	smelter, ballet, straggly
UTM	35 S, 433490.36, 3889662.95
EGSA87	706623, 3891489

Elevation m	43
Elevation feet	141.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2014], 93    'The surface pottery indicates occupation between FN II and EM II, ... ', 'FN pottery was also discovered in a small cave in the vicinity ... '
2.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2014], 93    'The site seems to represent a large settlement founded at the same time as Itanos, Palaikastro Maridathi, and Palaikastro Kastri, in the latest FN phase, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic: (3600 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 93, ' ... was subsequently dated to FN - EM ... ', 'FN pottery was also discovered in a small cave in the vicinity ... '

2. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 93, 'The surface pottery indicates occupation between FN II and EM II, ... ', 'Among the FN II sherds are at least three different fabric groups ... '

3. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 93, ' ... was subsequently dated to FN - EM ... '

4. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 93, ' ..., but the majority of the evidence is EM I.'

5. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 93, 'The surface pottery indicates occupation between FN II and EM II, ... '

NOTE

1. Nowicki [2014] 93 says "The site has been reported and briefly excavated by the "Minoan Roads" project, ... "

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '14 Karoumes Kastellas', pg. 93. Online here.