Site details

Kalamafka: Kastello

PK	C2653
TITLE	Kalamafka: Kastello
WGS84	35.073614° N, 25.658424° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.073614, 25.658424
LON/LAT	25.658424, 35.073614

DMS

35° 4' 25.0104" N

25° 39' 30.3264" E

W3W	bitumen, structure, pops
UTM	35 S, 377685, 3882030
EGSA87	651057, 3882175

Elevation m	493
Elevation feet	1617.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Ierapetra

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 127    'Potsherds, walls, and other constructions cut into bedrock, cover the entire hill and the area to the east.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 127, '...I have also seen several fragments dated to the LM IIIC-PG periods.', 'Several painted pieces of LM IIIC date were noted in the highest part of the site.'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 127, '...I have also seen several fragments dated to the LM IIIC-PG periods.'

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 127, 'Most of the pottery dates to the Geometric, Archaic, ...'

4. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 127, 'Most of the pottery dates to the 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., '49. Kalamafka Kastello', pg. 127.