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Phlamoudhi: Melissa

PKC1779
TITLEPhlamoudhi: Melissa
WGS84 35.40035° N, 33.8286° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.40035, 33.8286
LON/LAT 33.8286, 35.40035

DMS 35° 24' 1.26" N,33° 49' 42.96" E

W3Wembassy, entrusts, backswing
UTM36 S, 575242, 3917757
EGSA87 1393781, 3961824

Elevation m102
Elevation feet 334.6
RegionCyprus





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Smith [2008], 45    '...Late Bronze Age settlement...'


SITE SIZE

- Smith [2008]  p. 52,  Size: 110000 sq. m.  Estimate in JS08, 52: '...it is possible that the Melissa site would have been similar in scale to the estimates for Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios, at 11.5 ha .. or Enkomi-Ayios Iakovos, at 14 ha ... to 16 ha ...

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Smith [2008]: 45, 'Mycenaean IIIA2 vessels, such as a small stirrup jar from the mainland...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Smith [2008]:  Smith, Joanna S. . ‘Settlement to Sanctuary at Phlamoudhi-Melissa'’, Smith, ed. [2008], pp. 45-68., 'Settlement to Sanctuary at Phlamoudhi-Melissa', pg. 45. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1779 is at 35.41134° N, 33.82924° E, a straight-line distance of 1 km and 225 m.