Site details

Potamiès: Vouni

PK	C5474
TITLE	Potamiès: Vouni
WGS84	35.2514094975° N, 25.3705196° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.2514094975, 25.3705196
LON/LAT	25.3705196, 35.2514094975

DMS

35° 15' 5.0742" N

25° 22' 13.8706" E

W3W	humility, means, pillar
UTM	35 S, 351757, 3902141
EGSA87	624534, 3901496

Elevation m	409
Elevation feet	1341.9
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pedhiadha

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Panagiotakis [2003], 412    Habitat
2.    Watch tower.   Panagiotakis [2003], 412    'Soros, poste de guet et de signalisation; ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Panagiotakis [2003]: 412, 'MM I-II, MM III-MR I, MR III, A'

2. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Panagiotakis [2003]: 412, 'MM I-II, MM III-MR I, MR III, A'

NOTE

1. The word 'Soros' here denotes a pyramidal structure which was used for signal fires. See Nikos Panagiotakis, 'Contacts between Knossos and the Pediada region in central Crete' in British School at Athens Studies (12), Knossos: Palace, City, State, 177-186 [2004], https://www.jstor.org/stable/40960776

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Panagiotakis [2003]: Panagiotakis, Nikos. ‘L'évolution archéologique de la Pédiada (Crète centrale) : premier bilan d'une prospection’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (127:2), 327-430. 2003., '54. Potamiès: Vouni', pg. 412. Online here.