Site details

Sakeli tou Krema

PK	C5951
TITLE	Sakeli tou Krema
WGS84	35.467154° N, 27.119184° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	35.467154, 27.119184
LON/LAT	27.119184, 35.467154

DMS

35° 28' 1.7544" N

27° 7' 9.0624" E

W3W	mounts, idiomatic, loading
UTM	35 S, 510814, 3924857
EGSA87	782902, 3929035

Elevation m	135
Elevation feet	442.9
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Karpathos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Melas [1985], 38    'The main settlement was confined to an area of about two hundred and fifty metres south-west to north-east by two hundred metres north-west to south-east.'

SITE SIZE

- Melas [1985]  p. 38,  Size: 50000 sq. m.  'The main settlement was confined to an area of about two hundred and fifty metres south-west to north-east by two hundred metres north-west to south-east.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 70, '974-977. Foot and horizontal frs. from cooking pots. ... Probably MM II - LM I'

2. Middle Minoan IIB: (1775 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 70, '948-951. Belly and base frs. of straight-sided conical cups. ... Probably MM IIB - III'

3. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 70, '948-951. Belly and base frs. of straight-sided conical cups. ... Probably MM IIB - III'

4. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 70, '974-977. Foot and horizontal frs. from cooking pots. ... Probably MM II - LM I'

5. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 70, '952-959. Rim and belly frs. of concave-sided cups. ... except 953 which is rather MM III - LM IA'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Melas [1985]: Melas, Emmanuel. The Islands of Karpathos, Saros and Kasos in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg 1985., 'E38. Sakeli Krema', pg. 38.