PK	C5107
TITLE	Palaikastro Roussolakkos
WGS84	35.195381° N, 26.275593° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.195381, 26.275593
LON/LAT	26.275593, 35.195381

DMS

35° 11' 43.3716" N

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26° 16' 32.1348" E

W3W	inched, apex, placing
UTM	35 S, 434054, 3894951
EGSA87	707027, 3896794

Elevation m	9
Elevation feet	29.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Bosanquet et al. [1902], 385    'The principal ruin-field is called Roussolakkos, ..., formed by the disintegration of the Mycenaean brickwork. ... The houses near the sea are built on the gravel cliff and are humbler in character and apparently older than those lying inland.'

2.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 50    '...the Minoan town at Roussolakkos...'

3.    Settlement.   Myers et al. [1992], 222    ' ... a long-lived Minoan town in a plain by the sea at Roussolakkos.'



PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan IIA: (2650 BC - 2450 BC)

    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 226, 'EM IB/IIA Small deposits of pottery below Block (Delta) ... '

2. Early Minoan IIB: (2450 BC - 2200 BC)

    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 226, 'EM IIB Large and well-made building below Block (Chi); ... '

3. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)

    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 226, 'EM III/MM IA Deposits of pottery from Blocks (Delta) and (Chi), ...'

4. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)

    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 50, 'During the MM and LM I-IIIB periods the main occupation was transferred to the Roussolakkos plain.'

5. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1925 BC)

    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 226, 'EM III/MM IA Deposits of pottery from Blocks (Delta) and (Chi), ...'

6. Middle Minoan IB: (1925 BC - 1850 BC)

    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 226, 'MM IB/IIA Walls and pottery deposits below Blocks (Gamma) ... '

7. Middle Minoan IIA: (1850 BC - 1775 BC)

    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 226, 'MM IB/IIA Walls and pottery deposits below Blocks (Gamma) ... '

8. Middle Minoan IIB: (1775 BC - 1750 BC)

    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 226, 'MM IIB/IIIA Traces of large buildings in Block (Chi) above the EM II building: ... '

9. Middle Minoan IIIA: (1750 BC - 1700 BC)

    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 226, 'MM IIB/IIIA Traces of large buildings in Block (Chi) above the EM II building: ... '

10. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)

    a.    Bosanquet et al. [1902]: 385, '...; they are constructed partly in the 'megalithic' style, characteristic of the Mycenaean homesteads so common in the limestone districts of Crete, ...'

    b.    Bosanquet et al. [1902]: 386, Our authors mention a beehive tomb: 'Of the beehive tomb, the typical tomb of Mycenaean times on the mainland, only one example was discovered.'

11. Middle Minoan IIIB: (1700 BC - 1675 BC)

    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 226, 'MM IIIB - LM IB Date of most houses in the town blocks of Roussolakkos.'

12. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)

    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 50, 'During the MM and LM I-IIIB periods the main occupation was transferred to the Roussolakkos plain.'

13. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)

    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 226, 'MM IIIB - LM IB Date of most houses in the town blocks of Roussolakkos.'

14. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1580 BC)

    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 226, 'MM IIIB - LM IB Date of most houses in the town blocks of Roussolakkos.'

15. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)

    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 50, 'During the MM and LM I-IIIB periods the main occupation was transferred to the Roussolakkos plain.'

    b.    Myers et al. [1992]: 228, 'LM II - LM IIIB Resettlement at Roussolakkos in LM II continued into LM IIIB; then abandonment.'

16. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)

    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 50, 'During the MM and LM I-IIIB periods the main occupation was transferred to the Roussolakkos plain.'

    b.    Myers et al. [1992]: 228, 'LM II - LM IIIB Resettlement at Roussolakkos in LM II continued into LM IIIB; then abandonment.'

17. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)

    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 50, 'In the middle or late LM IIIB the Minoan town at Roussolakkos was deserted ...'

    b.    Myers et al. [1992]: 228, 'LM II - LM IIIB Resettlement at Roussolakkos in LM II continued into LM IIIB; then abandonment.'

18. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)

    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 228, 'LM IIIC Settlement at Kastri.'

19. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)

    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 228, 'G - A ... Temple of Dictaean Zeus and its temenos over blocks (Rho) and (Chi).'

20. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)

    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 228, 'G - A ... Temple of Dictaean Zeus and its temenos over blocks (Rho) and (Chi).'