Site details

Koufonisi North

PK	C7578
TITLE	Koufonisi North
WGS84	34.945177° N, 26.138336° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	34.945177, 26.138336
LON/LAT	26.138336, 34.945177

DMS

34° 56' 42.6372" N

26° 8' 18.0096" E

W3W	exhibits, affirms, siding
UTM	35 S, 421318.3, 3867302.33
EGSA87	695124, 3868762

Elevation m	6
Elevation feet	19.7
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kouphonissi

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Nowicki [2014], 152    ' ... (including an LM IIIB-C tripod leg).'
2.    Lithics.   Nowicki [2014], 152    'A piece of a large obsidian blade may belong to the more advanced EM I phase.'
3.    Sherds.   Nowicki [2014], 152    ' ..., but the Red Ware Fabric Group is also present.'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 152,  Size: 707 sq. m.  'This cluster is about 30 m in diameter.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 152, 'Here a few FN II-EM I sherds were found, ... '

2. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 152, 'Here a few FN II-EM I sherds were found, ...'

3. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 152, 'There is also a large number of later EM I and perhaps some EM II sherds, ... '

4. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 152, ' ..., alongside MM and LM fragments ... '

5. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 152, ' ..., alongside MM and LM fragments ... '

6. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 152, ' ... (including an LM IIIB-C tripod leg).'

7. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 152, ' ... (including an LM IIIB-C tripod leg).'

NOTE

1. There are clusters of sherds all along this shore. I have marked what Nowicki [2014] 152 calls 'A third cluster ... '.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '70 Koufonisi North', pg. 150. Online here.