Site details

Myrthios Kirimianou (Area B)

PK	C4505
TITLE	Myrthios Kirimianou (Area B)
WGS84	35.213424° N, 24.410156° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.213424, 24.410156
LON/LAT	24.410156, 35.213424

DMS

35° 12' 48.3264" N

24° 24' 36.5616" E

W3W	truncate, enterprises, civilians
UTM	35 S, 264261, 3899785
EGSA87	537181, 3896500

Elevation m	761
Elevation feet	2496.7
Region	Crete
Subregion	Hagios Vasileios

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Nowicki [2014], 215    ' ... a large number of chipped stone pieces, mostly green, grey or black chert or white quartz, seen on the very north-eastern summit ... '
2.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 206    'An archaeological site representing an extensive Dark Age settlement was identified in 1985 on the highest summit (Area A) and in the eastern part of the southern slope (Area B).'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 208,  Size: 11200 sq. m.  Maximum: '...remains cover an area 140 by 50 to 80 m, mostly in the lower part of Area B, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 215, ' ... suggest a site similar in character and date to FN II Atsipades Korakias.'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 209, 'The whole pottery assemblage can be only generally dated to the LM IIIC period ...'

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 209, '...with some possible PG.'

NOTE

1. This is a site with several components. Full discussion in Nowicki [2000], pp. 206-9 and fig. 123 on p. 207. Site 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., '100. Myrthios Kirimianou', pg. 206.

2. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '139 Mirthios Kirimianou', pg. 215. Online here.