Site details

Krasi: Siderokefala

PK	C5121
TITLE	Krasi: Siderokefala
WGS84	35.231119° N, 25.457211° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.231119, 25.457211
LON/LAT	25.457211, 35.231119

DMS

35° 13' 52.0284" N

25° 27' 25.9596" E

W3W	toner, taxing, vertigo
UTM	35 S, 359609, 3899764
EGSA87	632454, 3899358

Elevation m	580
Elevation feet	1902.9
Region	Crete
Subregion	Lasithi

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 155    'Taramelli recorded ancient houses located on the terraces on the northern and eastern slopes and this is generally correct.'
2.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 20    '... another LM III C settlement at Siderokephali, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 157,  Size: 7000 sq. m.  Maximum: 'The Upper Settlement covered about 3,500-4,000 sq. m. and the lower one about 2,500-3,000 sq. m.'

-   p. 20,  Size: sq. m.  'This large site ...' but Watrous gives no size.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 156, '...dating it for the first time precisely and correctly to the LM IIIC period, ...', 'The extensive LM IIIC site...'

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., '66. Krasi Siderokefala', pg. 155.

2. Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: Watrous, Livingston Vance and H. Blitzer. ‘Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete’, Hesperia Supplements (18), Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete, pp. 1-122. 1982., '', pg. 20. Online here.