Myrtos: Phournou Koryphi
| PK | C5104 |
| TITLE | Myrtos: Phournou Koryphi |
| WGS84 | 35.00677° N, 25.609281° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.00677, 25.609281 |
| LON/LAT | 25.609281, 35.00677 |
| DMS | 35° 0' 24.372" N | , | 25° 36' 33.4116" E |
| W3W | pretzel, additionally, trouser |
| UTM | 35 S, 373101, 3874677 |
| EGSA87 | 646696, 3874688 |
| Elevation m | 51 |
| Elevation feet | 167.3 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Ierapetra |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. hab. Myers et al. [1992], 198 '...the only completely excavated village of Minoan Crete.'2. Settlement. Hood et al. [1964], 95 'On the summit is a little settlement of E.M. and the beginning of M.M. times.'
3. Settlement. Atkinson [2011], 28 '...the EBA settlement at Phournou Koryphi, Myrtos. ...'
SITE SIZE
- Myers et al. [1992] p. 200, Size: 1250 sq. m. '... the settlement, which extended about 50 m north-south and 25 m east-west, ...'
- Hood et al. [1964] p. 95, Size: 2400 sq. m. 'It is small and much eroded, with traces of occupation over an area of about 80 m. from north to south by 30 m. from west to east.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
a. Hood et al. [1964]: 95, 'Some nineteen fragments of Ayios Onouphrios type ware could be as early as E.M. I ...'
2. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Myers et al. [1992]: 198, 'EM II settlement; ...'
b. Hood et al. [1964]: 95, '...an E.M. II variety of goblet stem, ...'
3. Early Minoan IIA: (2650 BC - 2450 BC)
a. Atkinson [2011]: 30, '...designated as Period I (Early Minoan [EM] IIA) and ...'
4. Early Minoan IIB: (2450 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Atkinson [2011]: 30, '...and Period II (EM IIB).'
5. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Hood et al. [1964]: 95, 'To M.M. may perhaps be assigned some eight sherds, ...'
6. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
a. Hood et al. [1964]: 96, 'Of five tripod feet, two were of thin oval section with square ends, which may date them to M.M. I-II ...;'
7. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
a. Hood et al. [1964]: 95, 'But two bases appeared to show straight string marks on the bottom, suggesting the use of the fast wheel and a date therefore in M.M. IB.'
8. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
a. Hood et al. [1964]: 96, 'Of five tripod feet, two were of thin oval section with square ends, which may date them to M.M. I-II ...;'
9. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Hood et al. [1964]: 96, '...; but three (tripod feet, RHC) of thick oval section could be M.M. III or later.'
NOTE
1. See Atkinson [2011] 29, fig. 3.2] for a valuable ground plan of this settlement.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Atkinson [2011]: Atkinson, John. ‘A Small-Scale Reconstruction of the Settlement at Myrtos Phournou Koryphi’, Hesperia Supplements (44), STEGA: The Archaeology of Houses and Households in Ancient Crete, pp. 27-38. 2011., 'A Small-Scale Reconstruction of the Settlement at Myrtos Phournou Koryphi', pg. 27.
Online here.
2. Hood et al. [1964]: Hood, Sinclair and Peter Warren, Gerald Cadogan . ‘Travels in Crete, 1962’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (59), pp. 50-99, 1964., '(3) 'Fournou Korifi'', pg. 95.
Online here.
3. Myers et al. [1992]: Myers, J. Wilson and Eleanor Emlen Myers, Gerald Cadogan. The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles. United States of America. 1992., '27 Myrtos - Phournou Koryphi', pg. 198.