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Frati Kefala: South-West Hill

PK	C4503
TITLE	Frati Kefala: South–West Hill
WGS84	35.208714° N, 24.479653° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.208714, 24.479653
LON/LAT	24.479653, 35.208714

DMS

35° 12' 31.3704" N

24° 28' 46.7508" E

W3W	resets, pouted, yams
UTM	35 S, 270575, 3899099
EGSA87	543509, 3896006

Elevation m	498
Elevation feet	1633.9
Region	Crete
Subregion	Hagios Vasileios

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'Finds: Clay Vessels; coarse and fine wares including stirrup jars'
2.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 201    '...the main part of the defensible Dark Age settlement was on the South-West Hill ...'
3.    Settlement.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'Type: Settlement'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 202,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  Maximum. 'The Dark Age settlement on the South-West Hill measured, therefore, between 9 and 15,000 sq. m.'

- Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]  p. ,  Size: 7500 sq. m.  'Estimated Settlement Size: 50 x 150 = 7500 m² (0.75 ha)', 'Nowicki suggests 7.500 sq.m., Wallace 10.000-15.000 sq.m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Overall Phases of Use: From MM to EA'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 203, 'The Late Minoan IIIC ... seems to prevail, ...'

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 203, '...but the settlement continued probably until the Protogeometric period.'
    b.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From PG to EA'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 203, '...limited Geometric-Archaic occupation.'

5. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 203, '...limited Geometric-Archaic occupation.'

6. Early Archaic: (700 BC - 600 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From PG to EA'

NOTES

1. Nowicki [2000] defines the term 'Dark Age' on p. 16: 'The label Dark Age as a general historical term seems to be better than both Protogeometric and Early Iron Age and I will use it in that context when appropriate in this book. ... In Crete the best absolute dating would be very late LM IIIB to the early Geometric, i.e. some decades before 1200 (1230?) to c. 800 B.C.' Site contributed by Sarah Murray, University of Toronto.

2. The relevant Aristeia Project page is here: http://aristeia.ha.uth.gr/site.php?id=10000276

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Frati Kefala SW hill', Online here.

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., '97. Frati Kefala', pg. 201.