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Adrianos: Fortetsa (Area D)

PKC4484
TITLEAdrianos: Fortetsa (Area D)
WGS84 35.204512° N, 25.619765° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.204512, 25.619765
LON/LAT 25.619765, 35.204512

DMS 35° 12' 16.2432" N,25° 37' 11.154" E

W3Wenterprises, traders, windows
UTM35 S, 374361, 3896596
EGSA87 647296, 3896636

Elevation m530
Elevation feet 1738.8
RegionCrete
SubregionMirabello





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 117    '...for the extensive settlement of the same date which extended over the lower slopes south of the rocky ridge (Area D).'


SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 117,  Size: 20600 sq. m.  'A total size of the LM IIIC settlement may be estimated as between 15,000 and 20,000 sq. m plus about 600 sq. m on the top of Fortetsa.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 118, '...the earliest material is as early as LM IIIC ...'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 118, 'Faure dated the sherds from Fortetsa to the SM and PG periods ...'

3. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 118, 'Faure dated the sherds from Fortetsa to the SM and PG 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., '44. Adrianos (Arkoudas) Fortetsa', pg. 117.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C4484 is at 35.21056° N, 25.71262° E, a straight-line distance of 8 km and 446 m.