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Korifi tou Kefali: Hab

PKC5083
TITLEKorifi tou Kefali: Hab
WGS84 35.088805° N, 25.437173° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.088805, 25.437173
LON/LAT 25.437173, 35.088805

DMS 35° 5' 19.698" N,25° 26' 13.8228" E

W3Wovercomes, unacceptable, fear
UTM35 S, 357538, 3884008
EGSA87 630859, 3883547

Elevation m1072
Elevation feet 3517.1
RegionCrete
SubregionPedhiadha





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 145    '...the Upper Settlement, located on the summit of Korifi Tou Kefali...'


SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 145,  Size: 7000 sq. m.  Approximately. '...covering c. 80 by 30-40 m (2,500-3,000 sq. m). It is possible that houses were also constructed on the very steep northern slope (c. 4,000 sq. m).'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 144, 'One of the largest defensible sites of LM IIIC date is situated at the eastern end of the deep valley which opens east of Embaros...'

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., '61. Katofygi Erganos Kefali', pg. 143.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5083 is at 34.99132° N, 25.45116° E, a straight-line distance of 10 km and 892 m.