Site details

Vitsila/Vitsiles/Visala

PK	C6077
TITLE	Vitsila∕Vitsiles∕Visala
WGS84	35.206438° N, 25.112581° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.206438, 25.112581
LON/LAT	25.112581, 35.206438

DMS

35° 12' 23.1768" N

25° 6' 45.2916" E

W3W	directions, slouched, highway
UTM	35 S, 328193, 3897568
EGSA87	601123, 3896215

Elevation m	322
Elevation feet	1056.4
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Taramelli [1899], 347    'Erano visibili due tratti di muri, ..., formanti i lati di un edificio, ... '
2.    hab.   Kanta [1980], 36    'Part of a Minoan town, ... '
3.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2000], 183    'It seems that the earlier Minoan settlement at Visala/Vitsiles, on the saddle between Rokka and Korifi, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Minoan: (3100 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2000]: 183, ' ... the earlier Minoan settlement at Visala/itsiles, on the saddle ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Taramelli [1899]: 348, ' ... che trovansi nei megara e nei propilei del palazzo di Tirynto ... ' Speaking of discovered column bases ('due basi di colonne').
    b.    Kanta [1980]: 36, 'Taramelli mentions "Mycenaean" sherds at the Visala location.'

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Kanta [1980]: 36, 'The pottery was "LM III B in date".'

NOTE

1. The hill of Rokka is at F3508, that of Korifi is F3510.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Kanta [1980]: Kanta, Athanasia. The Late Minoan III Period in Crete; A Survey of Sites, Pottery and their Distribution. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg. Sweden. 1980., '9. Kanli Kastelli', pg. 36.

2. Nowicki [2000]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Defensible Sites in Crete; c. 1200 - 800 B.C. (LM IIIB/IIIC through Early Geometric). Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 21., '82. Profitis Elias/Lykastor', pg. 183.

3. Taramelli [1899]: Taramelli, Antonio. ‘Ricerche Archeologiche Cretesi’, Monumenti Antichi [ix], pp. 285-446. 1899., '', pg. 347. Online here.