Site details

Milatos: LM III Settlement

PK	C5858
TITLE	Milatos: LM III Settlement
WGS84	35.317393° N, 25.576728° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	35.317393, 25.576728
LON/LAT	25.576728, 35.317393

DMS

35° 19' 2.6148" N

25° 34' 36.2208" E

W3W	suspect, solve, conferences
UTM	35 S, 370623, 3909171
EGSA87	643179, 3909093

Elevation m	32
Elevation feet	105
Region	Crete
Subregion	Mirabello

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 171    '..., or was founded by newcomers at the turn of the thirteenth century B.C. ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 171, 'Milatos Kastellos was a settlement which was either moved from the lower location, where the earlier LM III A-B town was located, ...'

2. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 171, 'Milatos Kastellos was a settlement which was either moved from the lower location, where the earlier LM III A-B town was located, ...'

NOTE

1. Nowicki [2000] 171 is tracing the development of this lower settlement into the settlement (C4496) higher up on the hill."

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Nowicki [2000]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Defensible Sites in Crete; c. 1200 - 800 B.C. (LM IIIB/IIIC through Early Geometric). Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 21., '71. Milatos Kastellos', pg. 170.