Site details

Mesa Lasithi: Armi

PK	C5411
TITLE	Mesa Lasithi: Armi
WGS84	35.184747° N, 25.513625° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	35.184747, 25.513625
LON/LAT	25.513625, 35.184747

DMS

35° 11' 5.0892" N

25° 30' 49.05" E

W3W	burgundy, rocketed, potently
UTM	35 S, 364666, 3894543
EGSA87	637667, 3894291

Elevation m	879
Elevation feet	2883.9
Region	Crete
Subregion	Lasithi

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Watrous and Blitzer [1982], 46    'A small settlement ...', '..., sherds (50 x 50 m.) cover the top, east and west sides of the ridge.'
2.    Sherds.   Kanta [1980], 122    'Pendlebury mentions in a report that there were Submycenaean and Protogeometric sherds ... at the Armi location.'

SITE SIZE

- Watrous and Blitzer [1982]  p. 46,  Size: 2500 sq. m.  '..., sherds (50 x 50 m.) cover the top, east and west sides of the ridge.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 46, 'A small settlement of the MM and LM III periods, ...'

2. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 46, 'A small settlement of the MM and LM III periods, ...'

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 122, '... Submycenaean and Protogeometric sherds ... at the Armi location.'

4. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 122, '... Submycenaean and Protogeometric sherds ... at the Armi location.'

NOTE

1. The placement relies on the church at F3974 being the church of the Archangel Michael. If that is not the case then the proper acuracy marking here is 'N.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Kanta [1980]: Kanta, Athanasia. The Late Minoan III Period in Crete; A Survey of Sites, Pottery and their Distribution. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg. Sweden. 1980., '4. Mesa Lasithi', pg. 122.

2. 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., '27. Mesa Lasithi: Armi', pg. 46. Online here.