Site details
Laspoma
| PK | C5971 |
| TITLE | Laspoma |
| WGS84 | 35.439979° N, 27.146074° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.439979, 27.146074 |
| LON/LAT | 27.146074, 35.439979 |
| DMS | 35° 26' 23.9244" N | , | 27° 8' 45.8664" E |
| W3W | anchored, dominate, resets |
| UTM | 35 S, 513258, 3921847 |
| EGSA87 | 785439, 3926097 |
| Elevation m | 47 |
| Elevation feet | 154.2 |
| Region | Dodecanese |
| Subregion | Karpathos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE hab
TYPE
1. hab. Melas [1985], 33 '...thinly littered with Minoan sherds and scattered traces of ancient buildings.'SITE SIZE
- Melas [1985] p. 33, Size: 60000 sq. m. 'An area of about three hundred metres north to south by two hundred metres west to east is thinly littered with Minoan sherds and scattered traces of ancient buildings.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 63, 'Two base and one rim frs. of conical-in-curved cups. ... 464 - 465: MM III - LM IA.
2. Middle Minoan IIIB: (1700 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 63, '468 - 469: MM IIIB?'
3. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 63, '466 - 469. Base, rim and belly frs. of rounded cups. ... 466 - 7: LM I?'
4. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 63, 'Two base and one rim frs. of conical-in-curved cups. ... 463: Probably LM IA.'
NOTE
1. For exact placement see Melas [1985] p. 201, Fig. 10, 'Sketch plans of Fournoi and Laspoma.'
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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., 'D22. Laspoma', pg. 33.