Site details

Agios Ioannis Afiarti

PK	C5272
TITLE	Agios Ioannis Afiarti
WGS84	35.447793° N, 27.149309° E
Accuracy	1000 m.

LAT/LON	35.447793, 27.149309
LON/LAT	27.149309, 35.447793

DMS

35° 26' 52.0548" N

27° 8' 57.5124" E

W3W	subway, lighted, softening
UTM	35 S, 513550, 3922714
EGSA87	785705, 3926973

Elevation m	51
Elevation feet	167.3
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Karpathos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   AR[2007], 94    A survey of the Afiartis area by U Thrace has resulted in the discovery of a variety of PR sites, among other finds, 21 M sites.
2.    hab.   Melas [1983], 55

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan IIB: (1775 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    AR[2007]: 94, '...and many such palatial period settlements (1800-1500 BC) were destroyed by earthquakes.'

2. Middle Minoan IIIA: (1750 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    AR[2007]: 94, '...and many such palatial period settlements (1800-1500 BC) were destroyed by earthquakes.'

3. Middle Minoan IIIB: (1700 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    AR[2007]: 94, '...and many such palatial period settlements (1800-1500 BC) were destroyed by earthquakes.'

4. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    AR[2007]: 94, '...and many such palatial period settlements (1800-1500 BC) were destroyed by earthquakes.'

NOTE

1. For archaeological research in the Afiartis area see Archaeological Reports (44) 108; (45) 106; (46) 122; (53) 96; and (54) 94. Also Melas [1983] 55 at the words 'Fourteen sites have produced traces of Minoan occupation in the plain of Afiartis, ...'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[2007]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (54) 2007., 'Karpathos', pg. 94. Online here.

2. Melas [1983]: Melas, E.M.. ‘Minoan and Mycenaean Settlement in Kasos and Karpathos’, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies (30), pp. 53-61, 1983., '', pg. 55. Online here.