Site details

Myrtos - Pyrgos

PK	C5105
TITLE	Myrtos – Pyrgos
WGS84	35.006896° N, 25.590765° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.006896, 25.590765
LON/LAT	25.590765, 35.006896

DMS

35° 0' 24.8256" N

25° 35' 26.754" E

W3W	versatility, beams, faultless
UTM	35 S, 371411, 3874715
EGSA87	645006, 3874675

Elevation m	62
Elevation feet	203.4
Region	Crete
Subregion	Ierapetra

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Hood et al. [1964], 93    'The extensive Minoan settlement here was first recognized by the schoolmaster, Mr. George Demetrianakis, ...'
2.    Settlement.   Myers et al. [1992], 202    '...a small provincial settlement of the Minoans ...'

SITE SIZE

- Myers et al. [1992]  p. 203,  Size: 5850 sq. m.  '...which extended about 90 m east-west and 65 m north-south.'

- Hood et al. [1964]  p. 94,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  'The settlement may have covered an area of about 150 m. from west to east, by 100 m. from north to south.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 94, 'They (sherds, RHC) ranged from E.M I (?) ...'

2. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 202, '...the Early Minoan II destruction ...'
    b.    Hood et al. [1964]: 94, '...through E.M. II ...'

3. Early Minoan IIA: (2650 BC - 2450 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 202, 'Pyrgos was settled in the same phase (Early Minoan IIA) as nearby Myrtos - Phournou Koryphi ...'

4. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 203, 'EM III - MM IA Two-storey tomb on west slope, ...'
    b.    Hood et al. [1964]: 94, '..., to E. M. III ...'

5. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 202, 'Pyrgos II probably began in Middle Minoan IA - ...'

6. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 203, '(and probably MMIB)'

7. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 203, 'MM IB-II'
    b.    Hood et al. [1964]: 94, 'To M.M. II-III must be assigned fragments of wheel-made vases with trickle ornament...'

8. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 203, '(and MM III?)'
    b.    Hood et al. [1964]: 94, 'To M.M. II-III must be assigned fragments of wheel-made vases with trickle ornament...'

9. Middle Minoan IIIA: (1750 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 203, '(and probably MM IIIA)'

10. Middle Minoan IIIB: (1700 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 94, 'Four fragments with 'Tortoise-shell Ripple' decoration may be M.M. IIIB or L.M. IA...'
    b.    Hood et al. [1964]: 94, 'Four fragments with 'Tortoise-shell Ripple' decoration may be M.M. IIIB or L.M. IA...'

11. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 202, '...continued in use, if intermittently, till Late Minoan I.'
    b.    Hood et al. [1964]: 94, 'To L.M. I must belong other fragments with decoration in dark on light, and plain conical cups.'
    c.    Hood et al. [1964]: 94, 'To L.M. I must belong other fragments with decoration in dark on light, and plain conical cups.'

12. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 94, 'Four fragments with 'Tortoise-shell Ripple' decoration may be M.M. IIIB or L.M. IA...'
    b.    Hood et al. [1964]: 94, 'Four fragments with 'Tortoise-shell Ripple' decoration may be M.M. IIIB or L.M. IA...'

13. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 202, '...this house burned down in Late Minoan IB ...'

14. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 202, '...;LM IIIC chance find; ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., '(2) 'Pirgos'.', pg. 93. Online here.

2. 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., '28 Myrtos - Pyrgos', pg. 202.