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Katophygi: Erganos/Plakokephalo

PK	C5506
TITLE	Katophygi: Erganos∕Plakokephalo
WGS84	35.09099285° N, 25.43433945° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.09099285, 25.43433945
LON/LAT	25.43433945, 35.09099285

DMS

35° 5' 27.5743" N

25° 26' 3.622" E

W3W	cubes, attending, overexposed
UTM	35 S, 357283, 3884255
EGSA87	630597, 3883786

Elevation m	966
Elevation feet	3169.3
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pedhiadha

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Panagiotakis [2003], 402    Habitat
2.    settlement.   Eaby [2007], 120    'A large defensible settlement, perhaps one of the largest on Crete, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Panagiotakis [2003]: 402, 'MM III-MR I, MR III'

2. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 121, 'The tombs have been dated primarily to the LM IIIC period, ... '

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 121, ' ..., though there also appears to have been some SM/PG and possibly G; ... ', ' ... a PG-G burial urn was found inside one of the tombs.

4. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 121, ' ..., though there also appears to have been some SM/PG and possibly G; ... '

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Eaby [2007]: 121, ' ..., though there also appears to have been some SM/PG and possibly G; ... ', ' ... a PG-G burial urn was found inside one of the tombs.

NOTE

1. Erganos/Plakokephalo is a complex site involving settlement remains as well as extensive cemeteries. Cf. C5082, C5083, C5084, C5085.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Eaby [2007]: Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., '79. Erganos (Katophygi)', pg. 120. Online here.

2. 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., '39. Katophygi: Erganos/Plakokephalo', pg. 402. Online here.