Site details

Avrakontes: Kakadiavatos

PK	C5395
TITLE	Avrakontes: Kakadiavatos
WGS84	35.156414° N, 25.4781° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.156414, 25.4781
LON/LAT	25.4781, 35.156414

DMS

35° 9' 23.0904" N

25° 28' 41.16" E

W3W	wham, reluctant, toolshed
UTM	35 S, 361383, 3891449
EGSA87	634479, 3891100

Elevation m	922
Elevation feet	3024.9
Region	Crete
Subregion	Lasithi

GENERAL SITE TYPE sherds

TYPE

1.    hab.   Watrous and Blitzer [1982], 58    '... consists of walls and sherds at the north edge of a natural plateau.', '...LM IIIA2-B goblet stem.'

SITE SIZE

- Watrous and Blitzer [1982]  p. 58,  Size: 400 sq. m.  '..., the site (20 x 20 m.) consists of walls and sherds at the north edge of a natural plateau.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 58, '...LM IIIA2-B goblet stem.', 'MM III - LM III.'

2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 58, '...LM IIIA2-B goblet stem.', 'MM III - LM III.'

NOTE

1. Watrous and Blitzer [1982] mention (p. 58) 'Kakadiavatos was probably a farm or metochi.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: Watrous, Livingston Vance and H. Blitzer. ‘Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete’, Hesperia Supplements (18), Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete, pp. 1-122. 1982., '56. Avrakontes: Kakadiavatos', pg. 58. Online here.