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Avrakontes: Kastellon

PKC5397
TITLEAvrakontes: Kastellon
WGS84 35.162541° N, 25.476796° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.162541, 25.476796
LON/LAT 25.476796, 35.162541

DMS 35° 9' 45.1476" N,25° 28' 36.4656" E

W3Wadmires, snub, gladed
UTM35 S, 361275, 3892131
EGSA87 634350, 3891778

Elevation m882
Elevation feet 2893.7
RegionCrete
SubregionLasithi





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Watrous and Blitzer [1982], 56    'The settlement ... occupies the western end and southwest slope of the ridge which separates the village of Avrakontes from the Kampos.'


SITE SIZE

- Watrous and Blitzer [1982]  p. 56,  Size: 30000 sq. m.  'The settlement (150 x 200 m.) occupies ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 56, '..., LM IIIA2 - B goblet stems, ...'

2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 56, '..., LM IIIA2 - B goblet stems, ...'

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., '50. Avrakontes: Kastellon', pg. 56. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5397 is at 35.29242° N, 25.45491° E, a straight-line distance of 14 km and 548 m.