Kalamafki: Kypia
| PK | C5134 |
| TITLE | Kalamafki: Kypia |
| WGS84 | 35.112147° N, 26.109185° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.112147, 26.109185 |
| LON/LAT | 26.109185, 35.112147 |
| DMS | 35° 6' 43.7292" N | , | 26° 6' 33.066" E |
| W3W | swooning, scrubby, hardens |
| UTM | 35 S, 418821.6, 3885842.85 |
| EGSA87 | 692070, 3887226 |
| Elevation m | 512 |
| Elevation feet | 1679.8 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Siteia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. hab. Kanta [1980], 183 'A "refuge" acropolis is situated here ...'2. hab. Deger-Jalkotzy [2006], 601 '... one (of, rhc) the largest sites of its kind in Crete, ...'
3. Lithics. Nowicki [2014], 147 'On the same summit there were a few chipped stone pieces, including an obsidian tool and chert fragments.'
4. Settlement. Whitley [1998], 33 '...the discovery of the 'refuge settlement' at Kipia above Kalamafki...'
5. Settlement. AR[1994], 70 '...and surviving architectural features of the LMIIIC-PG refuge settlement above Kalamafki, an area known locally as Kipia, ...'
6. Settlement. Nowicki [2000], 57 'An extensive settlement occupied the tops of rocky spurs, c. 700 m south of the village (i.e. of Kalamafki, rhc), ...'
7. Settlement. Nowicki [2014], 147 'A very extensive LM IIIC site occupies the tops of three rocky ridges, ... '
SITE SIZE
- Nowicki [2000] p. 57, Size: 18500 sq. m. Approximately. For the sizes of the individual components of this site see Nowicki [2000] 57.
- Deger-Jalkotzy [2006] p. 601, Size: 40000 sq. m. 'At over four hectares, Kalamafki Kypia is one the (sic) largest sites of its kind in Crete, ...'
- Whitley [1998] p. 33, Size: 90000 sq. m. '..., an area about 600 x 150 m in extent.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
a. Nowicki [2014]: 147, 'FN II pottery (including a fragment of a "cheese pot" and strap handles) ... '
2. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 58, 'EM and MM evidence was also recorded on two of the eastern acropoleis.'
3. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
a. Nowicki [2014]: 148, ' ... and another (sherd, rhc) suggests the continuation of occupation into early EM I.'
4. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 58, 'EM and MM evidence was also recorded on two of the eastern acropoleis.'
5. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Whitley [1998]: 33, 'The fineware pottery ranges in date from LM IIIB ...', 'The earlier pottery contains elements which we perhaps would not expect to find in such a 'Minoan' ... settlement ... including a fair representation of 'Mycenaean' kylix stems.'
6. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
a. AR[1994]: 70, '...the LMIIIC-PG refuge settlement...'
b. Nowicki [2000]: 58, '...may indicate the periods LM IIIC-PG.'
c. Deger-Jalkotzy [2006]: 601, 'The fine wares from hill 3 seem to date to late in LM IIIC, ...'
d. Whitley [1998]: 33, 'The pottery includes ccharacteristic LM IIIC 'tripod legs' ...,'
e. Nowicki [2014]: 147, 'A very extensive LM IIIC site ... '
7. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. AR[1994]: 70, '...the LMIIIC-PG refuge settlement...'
b. Nowicki [2000]: 58, '...may indicate the periods LM IIIC-PG.'
c. Deger-Jalkotzy [2006]: 601, '...or early PG, ...'
d. Whitley [1998]: 33, '...through to PG.'
8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 58, '...any phase of the LM IIIC - PG period.'
NOTES
1. This is the western-most 'island' of the three. For full topographical details see Nowicki [2000] pp. 56-58. Site contributed by Professor Sarah Murray, University of Toronto.
2. See a more detailed map of these three hills in Whitley [1998] 34, Fig. 2.6.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AR[1994]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (41) 1994., 'Praisos', pg. 70.
In R.A. Tomlinson's Archaeology in Greece 1994-1995
Online here.
2. Deger-Jalkotzy [2006]: Deger-Jalkotzy, Sigrid. Ancient Greece; From the Mycenaean Palaces to the Age of Homer. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh Leventis Studies EUP (Book 3), 2006, '', pg. 601.
3. 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., '14. Kalamafki', pg. 183.
4. 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., '9. Kalamafki Kypia', pg. 56.
5. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '65 Kalamafki Kypia', pg. 147.
Online here.
6. Whitley [1998]: Whitley, James. ‘From Minoans to Eteocretans: the Praisos region 1200-500 BC’, British School at Athens Studies, Vol. 2, Post-Minoan Crete: Proceedings of the First Colloquium on Post-Minoan Crete held by the British School at Athens and the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 10-11 November 1995 (1998), pp. 27-39., '', pg. 27.
Online here.