Site details

Damnoni Stavros

PK	C7554
TITLE	Damnoni Stavros
WGS84	35.174268° N, 24.406638° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.174268, 24.406638
LON/LAT	24.406638, 35.174268

DMS

35° 10' 27.3648" N

24° 24' 23.8968" E

W3W	financial, interiors, prospects
UTM	35 S, 263826.9, 3895449.26
EGSA87	536879, 3892156

Elevation m	128
Elevation feet	419.9
Region	Crete
Subregion	Hagios Vasileios

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Nowicki [2014], 210    'Saddle querns, chipped off cobble stones and sharp schist tools are common.  Chipped stone is represented by numerous quartz flakes and red chert pieces.'
2.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2014], 210    'FN II pottery, ... '
3.    Sherds.   Nowicki [2014], 210    'Rims of large jars and pithoi belong, however, to the later, (namely EM I and EM II) periods.'
4.    Wall.   Nowicki [2014], 210    'On this side a terrace wall ... may have had a defensive function making the settlement entirely impenetrable.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 210, 'Rims of large jars and pithoi belong, however, to the later, (namely EM I and EM II) periods.'

2. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 210, ' ... part of the ridge was a site of an EM II - MM I(?) settlement, ... ', ' ... (namely EM I and EM II) periods.'

3. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 210, ' ... part of the ridge was a site of an EM II - MM I(?) settlement, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '135 Damnoni Stavros', pg. 210. Online here.