Site details

Gortys Acropolis (Agios Ioannis)

PK	C4413
TITLE	Gortys Acropolis (Agios Ioannis)
WGS84	35.065599° N, 24.94512° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.065599, 24.94512
LON/LAT	24.94512, 35.065599

DMS

35° 3' 56.1564" N

24° 56' 42.432" E

W3W	dawns, unmapped, fussy
UTM	35 S, 312625, 3882249
EGSA87	586028, 3880437

Elevation m	255
Elevation feet	836.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Kainourion

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 187    '...the LM IIIC settlement above Gortys, ...'
2.    Settlement.   Myers et al. [1992], 97    '...; LM III settlement on acropolis; ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 100, 'LM III Settlement on acropolis (LM IIIA and IIIB); ... '

2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 187, '... or even late LM IIIB fragments ...'
    b.    Myers et al. [1992]: 100, 'LM III Settlement on acropolis (LM IIIA and IIIB); ... '

3. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 187, 'The published material, however, shows definitely LM IIIC, ...'

4. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 187, '...mixed with later, i.e. SM and even PG pottery.'

5. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 187, '...mixed with later, i.e. SM and even PG pottery.'

NOTE

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

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Myers et al. [1992]: Myers, J. Wilson and Eleanor Emlen Myers, Gerald Cadogan. The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles. United States of America. 1992., '12 Gortyn', pg. 96.

2. 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., '85. Gortys (Agios Ioannis)', pg. 186.