Site details

Vrachasi: Anavlochos

PK	C2615
TITLE	Vrachasi: Anavlochos
WGS84	35.281417° N, 25.560662° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.281417, 25.560662
LON/LAT	25.560662, 35.281417

DMS

35° 16' 53.1012" N

25° 33' 38.3832" E

W3W	carpenters, glovebox, flexibility
UTM	35 S, 369105, 3905202
EGSA87	641781, 3905080

Elevation m	490
Elevation feet	1607.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Mirabello

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 172    '...Dark Age town on Anavlochos, ...'
2.    Sherds.   Nowicki [2000], 172    '..., that the earliest LM IIIC settlement was founded on the northern peak of Anavlochos ...'
3.    Sherds.   BCH [1929], 528    '..., on a recueilli, dans des terres peut-être tombées de plus haut, une série de terres-cuites d'époque géometrique et archaïque (viiie et viie s. environ).'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 172,  Size: 6000 sq. m.  Maximum: 'The extent of the LM IIIC settlement is difficult to draw ... but the pottery appears over an area of at least 100 by 50 to 60 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 173, 'The earliest (Dark Age) pottery represents the early LM IIIC phase ...'
    b.    Nowicki [2000]: 172, 'The north-eastern terraces, however, yielded a much higher proportion of LM IIIC pottery, ...'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 173, 'Tripod legs...as well as fragments with incised hatchings and bands of finger impressions, can be generally dated to the LM IIIC - PG periods.'

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 172, '...mixed with later; Geometric and Archaic material.'
    b.    BCH [1929]: 528, '... une série de terres-cuites d'époque géometrique et archaïque (viiie et viie s. environ).'

4. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 172, '...mixed with later; Geometric and Archaic material.'
    b.    BCH [1929]: 528, '... une série de terres-cuites d'époque géometrique et archaïque (viiie et viie s. environ).'

NOTE

1. See Eaby [2007] 41 and Pendlebury [1965] 316 'Vrakhasi' for sherds from SM/PG vases that come from Vrachasi.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Eaby [2007]: Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., '15. Vrachasi', pg. 41. Online here.

2. 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., '72. Vrachasi Anavlochos', pg. 171.

3. Pendlebury [1965]: Pendlebury, John D.. The Archaeology of Crete. Norton, 1965., 'VRACHASI', pg. 316.