PKey Report
PKC6224
TITLEXerokampos Vigla
WGS84 35.052514° N, 26.229164° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.052514, 26.229164
LON/LAT 26.229164, 35.052514

DMS 35° 3' 9.0504" N,26° 13' 44.9904" E

W3Wsighing, scare, jeep
UTM35 S, 429704, 3879138
EGSA87 703154, 3880850

Elevation m172
Elevation feet 564.3
RegionCrete
SubregionSiteia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Peak Sanctuary

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Jones [1999], 77    'fine pottery; coarse pottery: cups, bowls; clay figurines: human & animal'

2.    Peak Sanctuary.   Nowicki [2007], 13    'Another MM peak sanctuary, ... situated in the eastern end of Crete, ... '



PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)

    a.    Nowicki [2007]: 'Another MM peak sanctuary, ... '

2. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)

    a.    Jones [1999]: 77 'MM I - IIB'

3. Middle Minoan IIA: (1850 BC - 1775 BC)

    a.    Jones [1999]: 77 'MM I - IIB'

4. Middle Minoan IIB: (1775 BC - 1750 BC)

    a.    Jones [1999]: 77 'MM I - IIB'


NOTE

1.  Position based on drawing in Nowicki [2007] p. 16, Fig. 16.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Jones [1999]:  Jones, Douglas W.. Peak Sanctuaries and Sacred Caves in Minoan Crete; A Comparison of Artifacts. Paul Åstroms förlag, Jonsered, Sweden. 1999., 'Chronology of Artifacts at Minoan Nature Sanctuaries', pg. 77.

2.  Nowicki [2007]:  Nowicki, Krzysztof. ‘Some Remarks on New Peak Sanctuaries in Crete: Topography of a Ritual Area and Relation with Settlements’, Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, (122), 1-31, 2007., 'Xerokampos Vigla', pg. 13. Online here.