Site details

Elounda: Oxa

PK	C2808
TITLE	Elounda: Oxa
WGS84	35.243157° N, 25.708046° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.243157, 25.708046
LON/LAT	25.708046, 35.243157

DMS

35° 14' 35.3652" N

25° 42' 28.9656" E

W3W	blacked, houseman, upbringing
UTM	35 S, 382454, 3900774
EGSA87	655259, 3901057

Elevation m	517
Elevation feet	1696.2
Region	Crete
Subregion	Mirabello

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 174    '... the predecessor of the settlement on the summit of Oxa ... '

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 174,  Size: 60000 sq. m.  Absolute maximum: 'Architectural remains are scattered all over Oxa, covering a strip about 500 to 600 m .ong and 50 to 100 m wide.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 174, '...two MM sherds and a white pebble were recorded.'

2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 174, '... body sherd ..., probably LM IIIB or early IIIC ...'

3. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 174, '... body sherd ..., probably LM IIIB or early IIIC ...'

4. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 174, '...the body sherd with incised circles probably represent the PG-G period.'

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 174, '...the body sherd with incised circles probably represent the PG-G period.'

6. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 174, 'The potsherds date mainly from the Archaic to Byzantine periods.'

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., '74. Elounda Oxa', pg. 173.