Site details
Karpathos: Moutsouna
| PK | C5792 |
| TITLE | Karpathos: Moutsouna |
| WGS84 | 35.589212° N, 27.073293° E |
| Accuracy | 50 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.589212, 27.073293 |
| LON/LAT | 27.073293, 35.589212 |
| DMS | 35° 35' 21.1632" N | , | 27° 4' 23.8548" E |
| W3W | imperialism, ignore, scoped |
| UTM | 35 S, 506640, 3938390 |
| EGSA87 | 778313, 3942447 |
| Elevation m | 53 |
| Elevation feet | 173.9 |
| Region | Dodecanese |
| Subregion | Karpathos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. hab. Melas [1985], 59 'There are also traces of ancient structures which may be Minoan.'2. Settlement. Melas [1985], 42 'The settlement would have been fairly small, perhaps consisting of a cluster of farmhouses.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 76, '1133 - 1136. ... Probably MM IB/II - III.'
2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 76, '1133 - 1136. ... Probably MM IB/II - III.'
3. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 75, '1054: MM III - LM IA.'
4. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 70, 'The evidence from the pottery and the obsidian point to a Prehistoric occupation on the site perhaps from the Late or Final Neolithic period to at least as late as LM I.'
5. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 75, '1054: MM III - LM IA.'
NOTE
1. Minoan
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Melas [1985]: Melas, Emmanuel. The Islands of Karpathos, Saros and Kasos in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg 1985., 'G44 Moutsouna ', pg. 41.