Site details

Mesa Lasithi: Maxa

PK	C5401
TITLE	Mesa Lasithi: Maxa
WGS84	35.166046° N, 25.526216° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	35.166046, 25.526216
LON/LAT	25.526216, 35.166046

DMS

35° 9' 57.7656" N

25° 31' 34.3776" E

W3W	reloads, blankly, netball
UTM	35 S, 365782, 3892452
EGSA87	638845, 3892235

Elevation m	928
Elevation feet	3044.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Lasithi

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Watrous and Blitzer [1982], 48    '..., there is a small (20 x 20 m.) terraced area ...', '...., perhaps for a small field house.'

SITE SIZE

- Watrous and Blitzer [1982]  p. 48,  Size: 400 sq. m.  '..., there is a small (20 x 20 m.) terraced area...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 48, 'Thick, oval (MM III? - LM I) brazier legs, ...'

2. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 48, '..., LM cup rim, ...'

3. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 48, 'Thick, oval (MM III? - LM I) brazier legs, ...'

4. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 48, 'MM III - LM III.'

5. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 48, 'MM III - LM III.', 'LM III kylix stem.'

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., '31. Mesa Lasithi: Maxa', pg. 48. Online here.