Site details

Frati: Kefali

PK	C5115
TITLE	Frati: Kefali
WGS84	35.196845° N, 24.473224° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	35.196845, 24.473224
LON/LAT	24.473224, 35.196845

DMS

35° 11' 48.642" N

24° 28' 23.6064" E

W3W	clergy, beaded, architect
UTM	35 S, 269956, 3897798
EGSA87	542930, 3894687

Elevation m	495
Elevation feet	1624
Region	Crete
Subregion	Hagios Vasileios

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 204    'It is possible that the houses were built at some distance from each other in a similar way as at Myrthios Kirimianou (no. 100).'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 204,  Size: 20000 sq. m.  '...at least 100 by 200 m, ...', But see the Nowicki's cautions on p. 204.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 204, '... only a few fragments represent the MM I-II period.'

2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 204, '... only a few fragments represent the MM I-II period.'

3. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 204, 'Diagnostic LMIIIC sherds included two fragments of kylix stems, ...'

NOTE

1. This represents part of the inhabited site. For a full description of the several components of this rugged site see Nowicki [2000] 204 and 202, fig. 119.

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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., '98. Frati Kefali', pg. 204.