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Katsidonia: Kato Platyvolos

PKC5688
TITLEKatsidonia: Kato Platyvolos
WGS84 35.139776° N, 26.125666° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 35.139776, 26.125666
LON/LAT 26.125666, 35.139776

DMS 35° 8' 23.1936" N,26° 7' 32.3976" E

W3Warchived, mountain, congregating
UTM36 R, 713946, 2891360
EGSA87 1617833, 2937568

Elevation m578
Elevation feet 1896.3
RegionCrete
SubregionSiteia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cave

TYPE

1.    Cave.   Faure [1967], 118    '...cavernes de refuge...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Faure [1967]: 118, '...; MR 3 b; ...'

2. Subminoan: (1060 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Faure [1967]: 118, '...; subminoen; ...'

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Faure [1967]: 118, '...; géométrique ;...'

NOTE

1.  Described by Faure as 'l'une découverte par Mr I. Tsiphetakis au lieu-dit (Kato Platyvolos), à 1 km 300 au Nord du village'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Faure [1967]:  Faure, Paul. ‘Nouvelles recherches sur trois sortes de sanctuaires crétois’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (91:1), pp. 114-150, 1967., 'footnote 2', pg. 118. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5688 is at 35.19554° N, 26.13542° E, a straight-line distance of 6 km and 251 m.