Site details

Plakoures

PK	C5144
TITLE	Plakoures
WGS84	35.059327° N, 24.80742° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	35.059327, 24.80742
LON/LAT	24.80742, 35.059327

DMS

35° 3' 33.5772" N

24° 48' 26.712" E

W3W	pixels, mistress, inlet
UTM	35 S, 300051.23, 3881820.5
EGSA87	573477, 3879631

Elevation m	34
Elevation feet	111.5
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pyrgiotissa

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Kanta [1980], 100    'Some bronze objects were found in a cauldron ... ', 'Among the objects were two spearheads, and some bronze daggers ... '
2.    Cem.   Watrous et al. [2004], 534    'At Plakoures, a grave (?) ...', 'At Neromilos, a PG cemetery ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 100, ' ... all of "LM date" ... '

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Watrous et al. [2004]: 534, 'At Plakoures, a grave ... (probably PG-Geo).','At Neromilos, a PG cemetery ...'

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Watrous et al. [2004]: 534, 'At Plakoures, a grave ... (probably PG-Geo).'

NOTES

1. More material here:

Doro Levi, 'Gli scavi a Festòs nel 1956 e 1957'. Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene 35/36:193–362. Esp. p. 355 at 'SEPPELLIMENTI PROTOELLENICI.' which is online here.
Doro Levi, Bollettino d'Arte del Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione (1955:2), p. 159, figg. 28-30. This is online here.

2. The description in Watrous is of two separate sites. One is Plakoures and the other is Neromylos. He says [2004] 534, no. 59:

"Located on the valley floor N of Phaistos, between the watermill (site 3) and the Tymbaki-Voroi crossroads, a cemetery was discovered during road construction.

At Plakoures, a grave (?) with a bronze cauldron,two spearheads, and some daggers (probably PG–Geo).

At Neromilos, a PG cemetery (Levi 1957/1958:355–359)."

I have emphasized these two sentences in order to demonstrate that W. is describing two different places. The site here, Plakoures, lies between the water mill at Neromylos (F7138) and the highway intersection of Voroi/Heraklion/Tymbaki (F7179). I have placed this Plakoures marker half-way between them.

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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., 'Other sites', pg. 100.

2. Watrous et al. [2004]: Watrous, L. Vance, Despoina Hadzi-Vallianou, Harriet Blitzer. Plain of Phaistos: Cycles of Social Complexity in the Mesara Region of Crete. Monumenta Archaeologica 23, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles. 2004., 'Appendix D, 59.', pg. 534. Online here.