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Axos

PKC2420
TITLEAxos
WGS84 35.307343° N, 24.844435° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 35.307343, 24.844435
LON/LAT 24.844435, 35.307343

DMS 35° 18' 26.4348" N,24° 50' 39.966" E

W3Wbribery, economic, snack
UTM35 S, 304024, 3909258
EGSA87 576619, 3907165

Elevation m582
Elevation feet 1909.4
RegionCrete
SubregionMylopotamos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 192    'Here, the surface is covered with a great number of potsherds, stone tools and stone architectural elements.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 192, '...the alabastron illustrated by Taramelli can be dated to the LM IIIC period ...'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 192, '...some of the potsherds recorded on the summit represent the LM IIIC-PG period.'

3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 192, 'The excavation produced Archaic-Classical finds among which were many bronze objects.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Nowicki [2000]:  Nowicki, Krzysztof. Defensible Sites in Crete; c. 1200 - 800 B.C. (LM IIIB/IIIC through Early Geometric). Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 21., '90. Axos', pg. 192.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C2420 is at 35.40646° N, 24.83614° E, a straight-line distance of 11 km and 24 m.