Site details

Kourtes: Kephala: hab

PK	C2812
TITLE	Kourtes: Kephala: hab
WGS84	35.106714° N, 24.89507° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	35.106714, 24.89507
LON/LAT	24.89507, 35.106714

DMS

35° 6' 24.1704" N

24° 53' 42.252" E

W3W	publications, gangling, goes
UTM	35 S, 308157, 3886905
EGSA87	581423, 3884955

Elevation m	447
Elevation feet	1466.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kainourion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 187    '...; the settlement ranges in date between LM IIIC to Orientalizing or even Archaic ...'
2.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 187    '..., as well as the location of a settlement on the southern slope of Kefala.'
3.    Settlement.   Eaby [2007], 98    'Scattered remains of an LM IIIC-O/A settlement were observed on the summit and southern slope of the same hill, with which the tombs are likely associated.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 187, '...; the settlement ranges in date between LM IIIC to Orientalizing or even Archaic ...'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 98, 'Scattered remains of an LM IIIC-O/A settlement...'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 187, '...; the settlement ranges in date between LM IIIC to Orientalizing or even Archaic ...'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 98, 'Scattered remains of an LM IIIC-O/A settlement...'

3. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 187, '...; the settlement ranges in date between LM IIIC to Orientalizing or even Archaic ...'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 98, 'Scattered remains of an LM IIIC-O/A settlement...'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 187, '...; the settlement ranges in date between LM IIIC to Orientalizing or even Archaic ...'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 98, 'Scattered remains of an LM IIIC-O/A settlement...'

5. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 187, '... or even Archaic ...'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 98, 'Scattered remains of an LM IIIC-O/A settlement...'

NOTES

1. See the useful maps in Nowicki [2000] 188, fig. 109 and in Halbherr [1901] 288, Figure 15.

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

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Eaby [2007]: Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., '59. Kourtes', pg. 98. Online here.

2. Halbherr [1901]: Halbherr, Federico. . ‘Cretan Expedition XI. Three Cretan Necropoleis: Report on the Researches at Erganos, Panaghia, and Courtes', ’, American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1901), pp. 259-293. 1901., '', pg. 259. Online here.

3. 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., '86. Kourtes Kefala', pg. 187.