Site details

Zakros Gorge: Ellinika

PK	C2648
TITLE	Zakros Gorge: Ellinika
WGS84	35.105967° N, 26.239706° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.105967, 26.239706
LON/LAT	26.239706, 35.105967

DMS

35° 6' 21.4812" N

26° 14' 22.9416" E

W3W	named, slung, midriff
UTM	35 S, 430711, 3885059
EGSA87	703983, 3886801

Elevation m	144
Elevation feet	472.4
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 54    'The site consists of two parts. The lower one is located on the gentle slope of the gorge. The houses were built on terraces, which ascend from slightly above the river bed up to the base of the cliff.'
2.    Settlement.   Kanta [1980], 195    '...there is an inaccessible hill which was used as a "Subminoan" refuge settlement.'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 54,  Size: 450 sq. m.  This is only the top part of the settlement: 'The top, 30 by 10 to 15 m, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 195, 'LM III pottery has been accidentally found at Lenika in 1961 ...'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 55, 'The pottery represents of typical LM IIIC - SM/PG ...'
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 196, '..., there are several III C sherds from Lenika ...'

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 55, 'The pottery represents of typical LM IIIC - SM/PG ...'

4. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 55, 'The pottery represents of typical LM IIIC - SM/PG ...'

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 55, '..., G, ...'

6. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 55, '..., A.'

NOTES

1. This part of the gorge (Nowicki calls it 'Ellinika', Kanta refers to it as 'Lenika') is sometimes known as 'The Gorge of the Dead'.

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

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Kanta [1980]: Kanta, Athanasia. The Late Minoan III Period in Crete; A Survey of Sites, Pottery and their Distribution. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg. Sweden. 1980., 'Lenika', pg. 195.

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., '7. Zakros Gorge Ellinika', pg. 54.