Site details
Sellia Kefala
| PK | C7552 |
| TITLE | Sellia Kefala |
| WGS84 | 35.20455° N, 24.3558° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.20455, 24.3558 |
| LON/LAT | 24.3558, 35.20455 |
| DMS | 35° 12' 16.38" N | , | 24° 21' 20.88" E |
| W3W | bicycle, blackboard, quacks |
| UTM | 35 S, 259285.48, 3898930.75 |
| EGSA87 | 532238, 3895497 |
| Elevation m | 325 |
| Elevation feet | 1066.3 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Sphakia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Building. Nowicki [2014], 217 'The architecture is probably well preserved.'2. Lithics. Nowicki [2014], 217 'Chipped stone is numerous and represented by black chert, quartz, light grey flint, red chert and a few obsidian flakes (but no blades).'
3. Settlement. Nowicki [2014], 217 'The EM settlement was built on top of an earlier site.'
SITE SIZE
- Nowicki [2014] p. 217, Size: 13500 sq. m. 'The top of Kefala is about 150 by 80 - 100 m in size, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
a. Nowicki [2014]: 217, ' ...- early EM I pottery ... ', 'It seems, however, that there was some gap between this early phase and the foundation of the EM II (or EM I late) settlement on the Kefala summit.'
2. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Nowicki [2014]: 217, 'EM II pottery seems to predominate, ... ', 'It seems, however, that there was some gap between this early phase and the foundation of the EM II (or EM I late) settlement on the Kefala summit.'
3. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
a. Nowicki [2014]: 217, 'A few may be dated as late as the MM I period.'
NOTE
1. See the detailed site map in Nowicki [2014] 219, fig. 187.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '141 Sellia Kefala', pg. 217.
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