Site details
Myrsini Kastello
| PK | C2798 |
| TITLE | Myrsini Kastello |
| WGS84 | 35.183429° N, 25.956622° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.183429, 25.956622 |
| LON/LAT | 25.956622, 35.183429 |
| DMS | 35° 11' 0.3444" N | , | 25° 57' 23.8392" E |
| W3W | remnants, emulated, oyster |
| UTM | 35 S, 405001, 3893883 |
| EGSA87 | 678009, 3894849 |
| Elevation m | 309 |
| Elevation feet | 1013.8 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Siteia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Settlement. Nowicki [2000], 103 "'...ancient town...'"PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 103, '...two main phases of occupation... The first is the early Dark Age (LM IIIC-SM/PG)...'
2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 103, '...two main phases of occupation... The first is the early Dark Age (LM IIIC-SM/PG)...'
3. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 103, '...two main phases of occupation... The first is the early Dark Age (LM IIIC-SM/PG)...'
4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 104, '..., a great number of Geometric to Archaic pieces.'
5. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 104, 'P. Faure noted in the acropolis at the location of Kastello ... material from "post-Minoan, Geometric, Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic" period..', '..., a great number of Geometric to Archaic pieces.'
NOTE
1. Contributed by Professor S. Murray, University of Toronto.
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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., '35. Myrsini Kastello/Ellinika', pg. 103.