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Ligortynos: Kefala

PKC2601
TITLELigortynos: Kefala
WGS84 35.077134° N, 25.179991° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.077134, 25.179991
LON/LAT 25.179991, 35.077134

DMS 35° 4' 37.6824" N,25° 10' 47.9676" E

W3Wwhim, bricks, curtains
UTM35 S, 334068, 3883112
EGSA87 607429, 3881945

Elevation m414
Elevation feet 1358.3
RegionCrete
SubregionMonophatsion





GENERAL SITE TYPE  hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 185    'Thus already during the Geometric period the town may have measured about 50 to 60,000 sq. m.'


SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 185,  Size: 60000 sq. m.  Maximum: 'Thus already during the Geometric period the town may have measured about 50 to 60,000 sq. m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 185, 'A few LM IIIC pieces, including fragments of painter stirrup jars, were noted in the upper, western part of the hill.'

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 185, 'Pottery on the surface represents many periods, among which Geometric, Archaic, ...', 'Geometric pottery can be seen as far to the south as a dirt road or slightly below it.'

3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 185, 'Pottery on the surface represents many periods, among which Geometric, Archaic, ...'

NOTE

1.  Site contributed by Professor Sarah Murray, University of Toronto, Canada

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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., '84. Ligortynos Kefala', pg. 185.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C2601 is at 34.95647° N, 25.16229° E, a straight-line distance of 13 km and 486 m.