Site details
Rotasi: Farmakara
| PK | C5928 |
| TITLE | Rotasi: Farmakara |
| WGS84 | 35.012827° N, 25.162752° E |
| Accuracy | 500 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.012827, 25.162752 |
| LON/LAT | 25.162752, 35.012827 |
| DMS | 35° 0' 46.1772" N | , | 25° 9' 45.9072" E |
| W3W | barons, divulges, dualist |
| UTM | 35 S, 332364, 3876008 |
| EGSA87 | 605940, 3874794 |
| Elevation m | 244 |
| Elevation feet | 800.5 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Monophatsion |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Cem. Eaby [2007], 111 'In 1955, an extensive Geometric cemetery was found at this site during the construction of the road from Pyrgos to Rotasi.'PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Eaby [2007]: 111, '...Geometric cemetery...'
NOTES
1. Marker placed notionally on the road between Rotasi and Pyrgos. Judging from aerial photographs in Google Earth the road was rebuilt between 2003 and 2011.
2. Eaby [2007] 111 mentions several G tombs along the road and E of Pharmakara.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Eaby [2007]: Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., '71. Rotasi; B. Pharmakara', pg. 111.
Online here.