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Vrokastro: Aphendi Christos Pass: VK 5

PKC5670
TITLEVrokastro: Aphendi Christos Pass: VK 5
WGS84 35.112805° N, 25.74085° E
Accuracy 50 m.

LAT/LON 35.112805, 25.74085
LON/LAT 25.74085, 35.112805

DMS 35° 6' 46.098" N,25° 44' 27.06" E

W3Witerating, oracle, prods
UTM35 S, 385255, 3886278
EGSA87 658497, 3886650

Elevation m275
Elevation feet 902.2
RegionCrete
SubregionIerapetra





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Wall

TYPE

1.    Wall.   Hayden et al. [1992], 348    '..., walls and pottery are exposed in the road scarp ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hayden et al. [1992]: 348, 'LM III EIA'

2. Early Iron Age: (1200 BC - 960 BC)
    a.    Hayden et al. [1992]: 348, 'LM III EIA'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Hayden et al. [1992]:  Hayden, Barbara J. and Jennifer A. Moody, Oliver Rackham. ‘The Vrokastro Survey Project, 1986-1989: Research Design and Preliminary Results’, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (61:3), 293-353. 1992., 'VK 5; Vrokastro: Aphendi Christos pass', pg. 348. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5670 is at 35.12546° N, 25.74337° E, a straight-line distance of 1 km and 481 m.