PKey Report
PKC6240
TITLEModi
WGS84 35.186115° N, 26.206469° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 35.186115, 26.206469
LON/LAT 26.206469, 35.186115

DMS 35° 11' 10.014" N,26° 12' 23.2884" E

W3Wcrawler, plaza, sect
UTM35 S, 427753, 3893971
EGSA87 700756, 3895624

Elevation m522
Elevation feet 1712.6
RegionCrete
SubregionSiteia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Peak Sanctuary

TYPE

1.    Peak Sanctuary.   Nowicki [2014], 92    'The summit of Modi was visited in the second millennium BC as a cult place (a Minoan peak sanctuary).'

2.    Peak Sanctuary.   Jones [1999], 78    

3.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2014], 92    'All the earliest pottery represents the Red Ware Fabric Group.'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 92,  Size: 707 sq. m.  Using a radius of 15 m. 'The site was probably of a small size and was restricted to the summit (about 30 m in diameter).'



PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)

    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 92 'FN II, and probably early EM I, pottery was identified on the summit, ... '

2. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)

    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 92 'FN II, and probably early EM I, pottery was identified on the summit, ... '

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

    a.    Jones [1999]: 78 'MM I - IIB'

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

    a.    Jones [1999]: 78 'MM I - IIB'

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

    a.    Jones [1999]: 78 'MM I - IIB'

6. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)

    a.    Jones [1999]: 78 'MM III - LM I'

7. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)

    a.    Jones [1999]: 78 'MM III - LM I'


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., 'Modi, MM, LM', pg. 78.

2.  Nowicki [2014]:  Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '12 Modi', pg. 92. Online here.