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Eleftherna Necropolis (Orthi Petra)

PK	C5116
TITLE	Eleftherna Necropolis (Orthi Petra)
WGS84	35.33111° N, 24.673796° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.33111, 24.673796
LON/LAT	24.673796, 35.33111

DMS

35° 19' 51.996" N

24° 40' 25.6656" E

W3W	canny, makeups, trebles
UTM	35 S, 288569, 3912246
EGSA87	561088, 3909682

Elevation m	288
Elevation feet	944.9
Region	Crete
Subregion	Mylopotamos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2000], 194    These vases found in the context of the cemetery of Orthi Petra
2.    Sherds.   Myers et al. [1992], 91    'EM chance finds, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Myers et al. [1992]: 92, 'EM Sherds and obsidian fragments on acropolis and east terraces.'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 194, 'Pendlebury noted that this site may date to an even earlier period (LM IIIC?) ...', '...; LM IIIC pottery was uncovered by Professor Kalpaxis ...'

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 194, '..., PG, ...'

4. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 194, '...not impossible that some of the pots may be as early as SM...'

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 194, A large deposit of Geometric pottery at Orthi Petra.

NOTE

1. See a video on Eleftherna by Dr. N. Ch. Stampolidis at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZhsjO5Ayqo

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., '11 Eleutherna', pg. 91.

2. 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., '91. Eleutherna', pg. 193.