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Zenia: Kastrokefala

PKC5141
TITLEZenia: Kastrokefala
WGS84 35.205431° N, 25.584204° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.205431, 25.584204
LON/LAT 25.584204, 35.205431

DMS 35° 12' 19.5516" N,25° 35' 3.1344" E

W3Wspacemen, tractor, sometimes
UTM35 S, 371126, 3896743
EGSA87 644057, 3896686

Elevation m773
Elevation feet 2536.1
RegionCrete
SubregionMirabello





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Nowicki [2000], 114    'The eastern summit is called Kastrokefala ... This area was built-over and well preserved remains of ancient houses are visible in the centre of the summit and along its western edge ...'
2.    settlement.   Eaby [2007], 47    '... northeast of the LM IIIC (and possibly SM) settlement at Zenia Kastrokephala, ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 115, 'The pottery includes the fabrics and shapes typical for the Northern Lasithi group of LM IIIC sites ...'
    b.    Eaby [2007]: 47, '...the LM IIIC (and possibly SM) settlement ...'

2. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 47, '...the LM IIIC (and possibly SM) settlement ...'

NOTE

1.  Site contributed by Professor Sarah Murray, University of Toronto, Canada

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Eaby [2007]:  Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., '17. Zenia', pg. 47. '... northeast of the LM IIIC (and possibly SM) settlement at Zenia Kastrokephala, ...'
Online here.

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., '43. Zenia Kastrokephala', pg. 114.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5141 is at 35.21311° N, 25.71237° E, a straight-line distance of 11 km and 651 m.