Site details
Palio Mitato
| PK | C5972 |
| TITLE | Palio Mitato |
| WGS84 | 35.432993° N, 27.142257° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.432993, 27.142257 |
| LON/LAT | 27.142257, 35.432993 |
| DMS | 35° 25' 58.7748" N | , | 27° 8' 32.1252" E |
| W3W | open, ramped, renewal |
| UTM | 35 S, 512912, 3921071 |
| EGSA87 | 785117, 3925311 |
| Elevation m | 40 |
| Elevation feet | 131.2 |
| Region | Dodecanese |
| Subregion | Karpathos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Building
TYPE
1. Building. Melas [1985], 33 '..., apparently the debris of a Minoan house destroyed by fire, ...'SITE SIZE
- Melas [1985] p. 33, Size: 87500 sq. m. '... the site, which covers an area of about two hudred and fifty metres up to the road by three hundred and fifty metres northwest to south-east.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 63, '491. Rim fr. restored from two pieces. ... MM IB - II?'
2. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 33, '493. Base fr. of similar cup. ... MM III.'
3. Middle Minoan IIIA: (1750 BC - 1700 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 33, '492. Whole profile of shallow conical cup ... MM IIIA.'
4. Middle Minoan IIIB: (1700 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 64, '549. ...whole profile of oval-mouthed amphora ... MM IIIB.'
NOTE
1. For placement see Melas [1985], pg. 202, fig. 11, 'Sketch plans of Palio Mitato and of Tripes and Lakos'
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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., 'D23. Palio Mitato', pg. 33.