Site details
Leftoporos: Minoan Traces
| PK | C5950 |
| TITLE | Leftoporos: Minoan Traces |
| WGS84 | 35.463872° N, 27.100841° E |
| Accuracy | 10 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.463872, 27.100841 |
| LON/LAT | 27.100841, 35.463872 |
| DMS | 35° 27' 49.9392" N | , | 27° 6' 3.0276" E |
| W3W | overfed, cure, singular |
| UTM | 35 S, 509150, 3924491 |
| EGSA87 | 781248, 3928618 |
| Elevation m | 25 |
| Elevation feet | 82 |
| Region | Dodecanese |
| Subregion | Karpathos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Wall
TYPE
1. Wall. Melas [1985], 36 Both walls and sherds: '...traces of curved and straight walls, the latter meeting at right angles, as well as stumps of stones from fallen walls cover an area of about six by eight metres ...'PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 36, '... a concentration of a few Minoan sherds, mostly from Middle Minoan III cups ...'
2. Middle Minoan IIIA: (1750 BC - 1700 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 69, '826 - 839. Rim and belly frs. of Minoan cups. ... Probably MM IIIA.'
NOTE
1. A complex site bearing primarily on LN or very early BA. See the sketch map in Melas [1985] on p. 204, Fig. 13.
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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., 'E35. Leftoporos', pg. 36.