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Vournikephala

PKC5087
TITLEVournikephala
WGS84 35.205707° N, 25.581934° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.205707, 25.581934
LON/LAT 25.581934, 35.205707

DMS 35° 12' 20.5452" N,25° 34' 54.9624" E

W3Wresumes, exhausts, ecologic
UTM35 S, 370919, 3896777
EGSA87 643850, 3896713

Elevation m755
Elevation feet 2477
RegionCrete
SubregionMirabello





GENERAL SITE TYPE  hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 115    '...LM IIIC houses can be seen around it on the terraces to the north, east and south.'


SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 115,  Size: 20000 sq. m.  '..., covering about 20,000 sq. m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 115, '...LM IIIC houses...'

NOTE

1.  This is a large and complex site. Nowicki [2000] provides good description and maps, esp. fig. 53.

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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., '43. Zenia Kastrokephala', pg. 114.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5087 is at 35.21311° N, 25.71237° E, a straight-line distance of 11 km and 854 m.