Site details
Vryses: Profitis Elias
| PK | C2800 |
| TITLE | Vryses: Profitis Elias |
| WGS84 | 35.237126° N, 25.620496° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.237126, 25.620496 |
| LON/LAT | 25.620496, 35.237126 |
| DMS | 35° 14' 13.6536" N | , | 25° 37' 13.7856" E |
| W3W | pioneers, maturity, saunters |
| UTM | 35 S, 374478, 3900212 |
| EGSA87 | 647303, 3900254 |
| Elevation m | 437 |
| Elevation feet | 1433.7 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Mirabello |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts
TYPE
1. Settlement. Nowicki [2000], 113 'The extensive Dark Age settlement is located on the conical hill which rises directly east of Vryses, ...'SITE SIZE
- Nowicki [2000] p. 114, Size: 15000 sq. m. The site covers approximately an area 150 by 100 m, but the Dark Age settlement may have been bigger, ...
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 113, 'The LM IIIC period is attested by many fragments of a typical fabric, ...'
2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 113, 'The PG and G pottery is represented by coarse ware ...'
3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 113, 'The PG and G pottery is represented by coarse ware ...'
NOTE
1. Contributed by Professor Sarah Murray of the 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., '42. Vryses Profitis Elias', pg. 113.