Site details

Epano Zakros

PK	C6089
TITLE	Epano Zakros
WGS84	35.107324° N, 26.219397° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.107324, 26.219397
LON/LAT	26.219397, 35.107324

DMS

35° 6' 26.3664" N

26° 13' 9.8292" E

W3W	flouted, dispensing, batons
UTM	35 S, 428861, 3885224
EGSA87	702128, 3886910

Elevation m	206
Elevation feet	675.9
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    Building.   Mantzourani and Vavouranakis [2005a], 123    ' ..., while Epano Zakros would be a manorial or country villa.'
2.    hab.   Mantzourani and Vavouranakis [2005], 41    ' ... edifice ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Mantzourani and Vavouranakis [2005]: 41, 'The LM IA edifice at Epano Zakros ... '
    b.    Mantzourani and Vavouranakis [2005a]: 123, 'If L. Platon's recent low (LM IB) dating of the neighbouring palace at Kato Zakros is correct, and the building of Epano Zakros is LM IA, ... '

NOTE

1. See Mantzourani and Vavouranakis [2005a] for good drawings and photographs of this villa.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Mantzourani and Vavouranakis [2005]: Mantzourani, Eleni and Giorgos Vavouranakis. ‘Megalithic versus Status: The Architectural Design and Masonry of Exceptional Late Bronze Age I Buildings in East Crete’, Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry (5:2), 35-48. 2005, 'Epano Zakros', pg. 41. Online here.

2. Mantzourani and Vavouranakis [2005a]: Mantzourani, Eleni and Giorgos Vavouranakis. ‘Achladia and Epano Zakros: A re-examination of the architecture and topography of two possible Minoan Villas in East Crete’, Opuscula Atheniensia (30), 2005. pp. 99-125., 'Epano Zakros; History of Research', pg. 113. Online here.