Site details

Sfakia: Kastri

PK	C5133
TITLE	Sfakia: Kastri
WGS84	35.142654° N, 26.109054° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	35.142654, 26.109054
LON/LAT	26.109054, 35.142654

DMS

35° 8' 33.5544" N

26° 6' 32.5944" E

W3W	frustrations, opal, below
UTM	35 S, 418840, 3889226
EGSA87	691987, 3890610

Elevation m	474
Elevation feet	1555.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Kanta [1980], 187    'A "Subminoan" acropolis has been noted at the Kastri location.'
2.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 55    'Sfakia Kastri was probably the main refuge settlement between Roussa Ekklisia and Kalamafki ...'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2000]  p. 55,  Size: 12000 sq. m.  Maximum. Nowicki says: '...over an area of c. 100 to 120 m (N-S) and 80 to 100 m (E-W).'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 55, '..., founded in LM IIIC ...'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 55, '... and occupied through the PG-G-A periods.'

3. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 187, 'A "Subminoan" acropolis ...'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 55, '... and occupied through the PG-G-A periods.'

5. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 55, '... and occupied through the PG-G-A periods.', '..., A?'

NOTES

1. More information is available on the Aristeia page here.

2. For the location see Nowicki [2000] 56, Fig. 13, no. 1.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Kanta [1980]: Kanta, Athanasia. The Late Minoan III Period in Crete; A Survey of Sites, Pottery and their Distribution. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg. Sweden. 1980., '19. Sfakia', pg. 186.

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., '8. Skafia: Kastri', pg. 55.