Site details

Mesa Lasithi: Vigla

PK	C6099
TITLE	Mesa Lasithi: Vigla
WGS84	35.182315° N, 25.530763° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.182315, 25.530763
LON/LAT	25.530763, 35.182315

DMS

35° 10' 56.334" N

25° 31' 50.7468" E

W3W	topples, partners, majorly
UTM	35 S, 366223, 3894250
EGSA87	639231, 3894046

Elevation m	1058
Elevation feet	3471.1
Region	Crete
Subregion	Lasithi

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    settlement.   Watrous and Blitzer [1982], 47    'Walls and pottery on the top and south terraces cover an area of 50 x 50 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 47, ' ..., MM carinated and low cups, ... '

2. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 47, 'Brazier legs of MM I - LM I types, ... '

3. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 47, 'Brazier legs of MM I - LM I types, ... '

4. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 47, ' ... MM III - LM I conical cup, ... '

5. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: 47, 'Brazier legs of MM I - LM I types, ... ', ' ... MM III - LM I conical cup, ... ', ' ..., probably from a LM I ogival cup.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Watrous and Blitzer [1982]: Watrous, Livingston Vance and H. Blitzer. ‘Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete’, Hesperia Supplements (18), Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete, pp. 1-122. 1982., '29. Mesa Lasithi: Vigla', pg. 47. Online here.