Site details

Zakros Gorge Kato Kastellas

PK	C7548
TITLE	Zakros Gorge Kato Kastellas
WGS84	35.101399° N, 26.249091° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.101399, 26.249091
LON/LAT	26.249091, 35.101399

DMS

35° 6' 5.0364" N

26° 14' 56.7276" E

W3W	chess, leashes, accumulates
UTM	35 S, 431562.28, 3884545.81
EGSA87	704849, 3886313

Elevation m	143
Elevation feet	469.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 48    'Two groups of houses are clearly visible within the citadel.'
2.    Lithics.   Nowicki [2014], 110    ' ... a great number of stone tools ... ', 'A serpentinite axe was recorded ... ', 'A great quantity of chipped stone, including obsidian and chert, was spread over the entire summit, ... '
3.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2014], 110    'FN II pottery is scattered over the entire summit, but it is particularly abundant in its western and southern parts ... '
4.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2014], 110    'No house plans of this period can be reconstructed with certainty, but poorly preserved walls, great number of stone tools indicate that Kato Kastellas was a large and permanently occupied settlement, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 47,  Size: 20000 sq. m.  Maximum. 'The top of Kastello, which consists of two summits and measures 250 m by 60 to 80 m, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 110, ' ... the characteristic FN II - EM I early pottery forms ... '

2. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 48, '...and perhaps EM I, ...'
    b.    Nowicki [2014]: 110, ' ... the characteristic FN II - EM I early pottery forms ... ', 'It seems to have been abandoned before EM I or at latest at the very beginning of that period.'

3. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 48, 'A few fragments of pottery may be dated to MM I period, ...'

4. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 48, '..., the LM IIIB/IIIC potsherds visible within the citadel, ...'
    b.    Nowicki [2014]: 110, ' ... the LM IIIB/C fortification wall.'

5. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 48, '..., the LM IIIB/IIIC potsherds visible within the citadel, ...'
    b.    Nowicki [2014]: 110, ' ... the LM IIIC defensive wall ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '31 Zakros Gorge Kato Kastellas', pg. 110. Online here.

2. Nowicki [2000]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Defensible Sites in Crete; c. 1200 - 800 B.C. (LM IIIB/IIIC through Early Geometric). Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 21., '4. Zakros Gorge Kato Kastello (Kastellas)', pg. 46.