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Sklavi/Sklavoi: Farmakokephalo

PKC5700
TITLESklavi∕Sklavoi: Farmakokephalo
WGS84 35.107214° N, 26.067596° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 35.107214, 26.067596
LON/LAT 26.067596, 35.107214

DMS 35° 6' 25.9704" N,26° 4' 3.3456" E

W3Wpump, fogged, fathers
UTM35 S, 415026, 3885330
EGSA87 688291, 3886600

Elevation m333
Elevation feet 1092.5
RegionCrete
SubregionSiteia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Kanta [1980], 183    'At the location of Farmakokephalo by the village of Sklavoi, a large LM III cemetery was plundered by the peasants.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 183, 'These piriform jars fall within two chronological stages: LM III A and III B.'

2. Late Minoan IIIA1: (1420 BC - 1390 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 184, 'The present version of the shape is III A 1 in date.'

3. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 184, 'The vase must be dated to LM III A 2...'

4. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 183, 'These piriform jars fall within two chronological stages: LM III A and III B.'

NOTES

1.  In Kanta [1980] 184, 'The Farmakokefalo cemetery, to judge by the existing evidence, was occupied during LM III A 1, III A 2 and III B.'

2.  The marker was placed on the spot that Topoguide marks as 'Mycenaean cemetery'. For this reason I have set the accuracy to unknown.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Kanta [1980]:  Kanta, Athanasia. The Late Minoan III Period in Crete; A Survey of Sites, Pottery and their Distribution. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg. Sweden. 1980., '15. Sklavoi, Farmakokefalo', pg. 183.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5700 is at 35.02245° N, 26.06862° E, a straight-line distance of 9 km and 406 m.