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Arvi: Komitas: Villa

PKC5634
TITLEArvi: Komitas: Villa
WGS84 34.992038° N, 25.452662° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 34.992038, 25.452662
LON/LAT 25.452662, 34.992038

DMS 34° 59' 31.3368" N,25° 27' 9.5832" E

W3Wqualified, separating, reversal
UTM35 S, 358783, 3873254
EGSA87 632427, 3872835

Elevation m12
Elevation feet 39.4
RegionCrete
SubregionViannos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Hood et al. [1964], 92    '..., on the far end of the southern shoulder of 'Komitas' overlooking the sea, are 'megalithic' foundations enclosing a rectangle about 16 m. north to south by 8 m. west to east ... These clearly belong to a Minoan farm or villa, as the scanty sherds indicate.'


SITE SIZE

- Hood et al. [1964]  p. 92,  Size: 128 sq. m.  '...enclosing a rectangle about 16 m. north to south by 8 m. west to east ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 92, '...some (sherds, RHC) were certainly M.M., ...'

2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Hood et al. [1964]: 92, '...and we saw none (sherds, RHC) that need be later than L.M. I.'

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., '(4) 'Tartari' and 'Komitas'.', pg. 91. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5634 is at 34.99115° N, 25.45251° E, a straight-line distance of 99.7 m.