Site details

Melidhoni

PK	C5619
TITLE	Melidhoni
WGS84	35.381572° N, 24.719859° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	35.381572, 24.719859
LON/LAT	24.719859, 35.381572

DMS

35° 22' 53.6592" N

24° 43' 11.4924" E

W3W	fezzes, producers, remainder
UTM	35 S, 292886, 3917746
EGSA87	565234, 3915308

Elevation m	259
Elevation feet	849.7
Region	Crete
Subregion	Mylopotamos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Nowicki [2014], 196    'Occasional pieces of chipped stone (chert) and fragments of serpentinite axes were noted too.'
2.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2014], 196    'On my visit to the site I saw only pottery dated to the FN II - EM I period (the Red Ware Fabric Group) ... '
3.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2014], 196    'An FN - MM settlement was reported ... '
4.    Settlement.   Hood et al. [1964], 58    'E.M. - M.M. settlement on a high hill...'

SITE SIZE

- Hood et al. [1964]  p. 58,  Size: 12500 sq. m.  'The summit and slopes are littered with sherds and stone from buildings for a distance of about 125 m. north to south, by 100 m. west to east.'

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 196,  Size: 12500 sq. m.  'The size of the site was estimated as about 125 by 100 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 196, 'On my visit to the site I saw only pottery dated to the FN II - EM I ... '

2. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 196, 'On my visit to the site I saw only pottery dated to the FN II - EM I ... '

3. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 58, '...with a possible range from Subneolithic to M.M. I - II.'
    b.    Nowicki [2014]: , ' ... a possible range from Subneolithic to MM I - II ... '

4. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 58, '...with a possible range from Subneolithic to M.M. I - II.'
    b.    Nowicki [2014]: 196, ' ... a possible range from Subneolithic to MM I - II ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hood et al. [1964]: Hood, Sinclair and Peter Warren, Gerald Cadogan . ‘Travels in Crete, 1962’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (59), pp. 50-99, 1964., '5. Melidhoni: E.M. site above cave', pg. 58. 'The cave, at F4055, is the Cave of Hermes Tallaios.'
Online here.

2. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '124 Melidoni', pg. 196. Online here.