Kalo Choraphi
| PK | C6108 |
| TITLE | Kalo Choraphi |
| WGS84 | 35.300657° N, 25.33576° E |
| Accuracy | 10 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.300657, 25.33576 |
| LON/LAT | 25.33576, 35.300657 |
| DMS | 35° 18' 2.3652" N | , | 25° 20' 8.736" E |
| W3W | begin, cityscape, kindled |
| UTM | 35 S, 348686, 3907656 |
| EGSA87 | 621298, 3906915 |
| Elevation m | 291 |
| Elevation feet | 954.7 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Pedhiadha |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Platon and Davaras [1960], 525 A pithos, an iron buckle, a trefoil jug, and two sherds are reported.2. hab. Sjögren [2003], 117 'Habitation site'
3. Pottery. Eaby [2007], 125 'In addition, a G pithos was uncovered in 1959 at the location Ali Choraphi.'
4. settlement. Panagiotakis [2003], 403 'Soros et établissement ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
a. Panagiotakis [2003]: 403, '[MM I - II]'
2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
a. Panagiotakis [2003]: 403, '[MM I - II]'
3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Eaby [2007]: 125, ' ..., a G pithos ... '
b. Platon and Davaras [1960]: 525, ' ... geometrikos pithos ... '
c. Sjögren [2003]: 117, 'G, O'
4. Orientalizing: (700 BC - 630 BC)
a. Sjögren [2003]: 117, 'G, O'
NOTES
1. Assuming that Eaby's 'Ali Choraphi' is the same as Panagiotakis' 'Kalo Choraphi'.
2. Described by Sjögren [2003] 117 like this: 'The site lies on the low hill just above the coastal plain, close to the modern village of Koxari. It is a surveyed site with scattered pottery and no architecture.'
3. Translating Panagiotakis' (403) 'établissement' as 'settlement'.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Eaby [2007]: Eaby, Melissa Suzanne. Mortuary Variability in Early Iron Age Cretan Burials. Dissertation for Ph.D. submitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2007., '83. Koxari', pg. 125.
At the words 'In addition, ... '
Online here.
2. Panagiotakis [2003]: Panagiotakis, Nikos. ‘L'évolution archéologique de la Pédiada (Crète centrale) : premier bilan d'une prospection’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (127:2), 327-430. 2003., '41. Koxari; Kalo Choraphi', pg. 403.
Online here.
3. Platon and Davaras [1960]: Platon, N. and K. Davaras. ‘Archaeological Activity in Crete for the year 1960’, Kretika Chronika (14), 504-527, 1960., '', pg. 525.
Online here.
4. Sjögren [2003]: Sjögren, Lena. Cretan Locations; Discerning site variations in Iron Age and Archaic Crete (800 - 500 B.C.). BAR International Series, no 1185. BAR Publishing, Oxford, UK. 2003., 'C15. Koxari', pg. 117.