Site details

Poliatses

PK	C5274
TITLE	Poliatses
WGS84	35.45174° N, 27.109212° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	35.45174, 27.109212
LON/LAT	27.109212, 35.45174

DMS

35° 27' 6.264" N

27° 6' 33.1632" E

W3W	habits, sprung, problematic
UTM	35 S, 509911, 3923147
EGSA87	782050, 3927296

Elevation m	74
Elevation feet	242.8
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Karpathos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    hab.   Melas [1985], 60    'The Prehistoric habitation was confined to a small area just right of the road to Ayios Yannis and Akrotiri, ...'
2.    Sherds.   Melas [1983], 56    '... Minoan or Mycenaean sherds were also collected at Poliatses, a flat area further south.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 60, 'But it appears very likely that it was founded at an earlier date (MM III - LM I).'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Melas [1983]: 56, '... Minoan or Mycenaean ...'

3. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 60, 'But it appears very likely that it was founded at an earlier date (MM III - LM I).'

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 60, 'The pottery evidence suggests the presence of at least one farmhouse here, which flourished during the LH III period.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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. 56. Online here.

2. Melas [1985]: Melas, Emmanuel. The Islands of Karpathos, Saros and Kasos in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg 1985., 'E34. Poliatses', pg. 36.