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Roka

PKC5102
TITLERoka
WGS84 35.475971° N, 23.733526° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.475971, 23.733526
LON/LAT 23.733526, 35.475971

DMS 35° 28' 33.4956" N,23° 44' 0.6936" E

W3Wapelike, glided, blanked
UTM34 S, 748017, 3929264
EGSA87 475677, 3925572

Elevation m270
Elevation feet 885.8
RegionCrete
SubregionKissamos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 217    '...an extensive Dark Age settlement in Roka ...'


SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 216,  Size: 16000 sq. m.  Maximum. The upper settlement (p. 216) is 80 x 50 (approx); the lower settlement (p. 217) is 120 x 100.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 217, '...characteristic for late LM IIIB or very early LM IIIC examples.'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 217, '...an abundance of LM IIIC pottery in the lower settlement, ...'

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 217, '..., PG?, ...', 'PG and G evidence is also well represented on the surface of the same slope.'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 217, '..., G?, ...', 'PG and G evidence is also well represented on the surface of the same slope.'

5. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 216, '..., A, ...'

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., '105. Roka (Rokka)', pg. 216.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5102 is at 35.5065° N, 23.71614° E, a straight-line distance of 3 km and 734 m.