Site details
Vryses: Drasi: Xeli
| PK | C5086 |
| TITLE | Vryses: Drasi: Xeli |
| WGS84 | 35.232893° N, 25.60292° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.232893, 25.60292 |
| LON/LAT | 25.60292, 35.232893 |
| DMS | 35° 13' 58.4148" N | , | 25° 36' 10.512" E |
| W3W | arisen, fittingly, runes |
| UTM | 35 S, 372872, 3899765 |
| EGSA87 | 645711, 3899759 |
| Elevation m | 391 |
| Elevation feet | 1282.8 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Mirabello |
GENERAL SITE TYPE hab
TYPE
1. hab. Nowicki [2000], 112 Based on sherds: '...potsherds are densely scattered over an area of about 100 m in diameter.'SITE SIZE
- Nowicki [2000] p. 112, Size: 7854 sq. m. '...about 100 m in diameter.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 112, 'It seems, therefore, that Drasi Xeli represented the type of the Dark Age settlement founded in the advanced phase of LM IIIC on reasonably accessible hills.'
2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 112, 'Most of the fragments can be dated ... to the Protogeometric and Geometric periods, ...'
3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 112, 'Most of the fragments can be dated ... to the Protogeometric and Geometric 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., '41. Vryses Drasi Xeli', pg. 112.