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Vrokastro: Ginara: GN 2

PKC5834
TITLEVrokastro: Ginara: GN 2
WGS84 35.125435° N, 25.720183° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 35.125435, 25.720183
LON/LAT 25.720183, 35.125435

DMS 35° 7' 31.566" N,25° 43' 12.6588" E

W3Wropes, credit, jotting
UTM35 S, 383390, 3887703
EGSA87 656589, 3888019

Elevation m96
Elevation feet 315
RegionCrete
SubregionIerapetra





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Hayden et al. [1992], 339    'EM sherds and obsidian flakes ...', '... possible LM I pottery.'
2.    Sherds.   Hayden et al. [1992], 339    'EM sherds and obsidian flakes ...', '... possible LM I pottery.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Hayden et al. [1992]: 339, 'EM sherds and obsidian flakes ...'

2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Hayden et al. [1992]: 339, '... possible LM I pottery.'

NOTE

1.  The pylon to which Hayden et al. [1992] refer is F4407. Location GN 2 is the center of a complex of Minoan finds; the 'Minoan structure' to which they refer is almost certainly F4409.

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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., 'GN 2', pg. 339. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5834 is at 35.13201° N, 25.72504° E, a straight-line distance of 691.3 m.