Site details

Patsianos: Kefala

PK	C2815
TITLE	Patsianos: Kefala
WGS84	35.205183° N, 24.225583° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.205183, 24.225583
LON/LAT	24.225583, 35.205183

DMS

35° 12' 18.6588" N

24° 13' 32.0988" E

W3W	firming, deputy, pharmacists
UTM	35 S, 247430.09, 3899324.46
EGSA87	520385, 3895532

Elevation m	242
Elevation feet	794
Region	Crete
Subregion	Sphakia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 214    'The site was identified and studied by the team of the Sfakia Survey directed by L. Nixon and J. Moody...'
2.    Lithics.   Nowicki [2014], 222    ' ... several chipped flakes of black chert ... '
3.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2014], 221    'A large Early Iron Age and later site has been recorded by the Sfakia Survey team ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 221, 'The site was also an important FN II settlement with the pottery of the Red Ware Fabric Group, ... '

2. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 214, '..., EM sherds and chipped stones ... indicate an earlier phase of occupation on this hill.'

3. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 222, 'On the slope below this cliff two querns were seen, one of which may have been of FN - EM I date: ... '

4. Early Iron Age: (1200 BC - 960 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 221, 'A large Early Iron Age and later site has been recorded by the Sfakia Survey team ... '

5. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 214, 'Some fragments may be even earler, probably of LM IIIC-PG date'

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 214, 'Some fragments may be even earler, probably of LM IIIC-PG date'

7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 214, 'There are many PG and G fragments with incised and painted decoration.'

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., '103. Patsianos Kefala', pg. 213.

2. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '146 Patsianos Kefala', pg. 221. Online here.