Site details

Ephendi Christos

PK	C6130
TITLE	Ephendi Christos
WGS84	35.050945° N, 24.807738° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	35.050945, 24.807738
LON/LAT	24.807738, 35.050945

DMS

35° 3' 3.402" N

24° 48' 27.8568" E

W3W	chunked, lapdog, shams
UTM	35 S, 300060, 3880890
EGSA87	573514, 3878702

Elevation m	141
Elevation feet	462.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pyrgiotissa

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Figurine.   Watrous et al. [1993], 225    ' ..., the survey discovered several clay animal figurines below the conical hilltop of Ephendi Christou immediately west of Phaistos.'
2.    settlement.   Watrous et al. [1993], 225    ' ..., the settlement of Phaistos extended ca. 450 m. beyond the hilltop of Ephendi Christou ..., '
3.    Sherds.   Watrous et al. [1993], 227    'Intensive sherding ... west of the peak of Ephendi Christou produced substantial MM IB - II material but relatively little definite MM III - LMI.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Watrous et al. [1993]: 225, ' ..., as Middle Minoan IB - II material was found there by the survey.'
    b.    Watrous et al. [1993]: 227, 'Intensive sherding ... west of the peak of Ephendi Christou produced substantial MM IB - II material but relatively little definite MM III - LMI.'

2. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Watrous et al. [1993]: 225, ' ..., as Middle Minoan IB - II material was found there by the survey.'
    b.    Watrous et al. [1993]: 227, 'Intensive sherding ... west of the peak of Ephendi Christou produced substantial MM IB - II material but relatively little definite MM III - LMI.'

3. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Watrous et al. [1993]: 227, 'Intensive sherding ... west of the peak of Ephendi Christou produced substantial MM IB - II material but relatively little definite MM III - LMI.'

NOTE

1. Watrous [1993] 225 refers to this somewhat ambiguously. We are to imagine the settlement of Phaistos extending to the W nearly 500 m. and encompassing the little hill of Ephendi Christos.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Watrous et al. [1993]: Watrous, L. Vance, C. Thomas Shay, Despoina Xatzi-Vallianou, John Bennet, Kevin Pope, Dimitris Tsoungarakis, Eleni AngelomatiTsoungarakis, Nikos Mourtzas, Jennifer Shay, Christophoros Vallianos, Harriet Blitzer. ‘A Survey Of The Western Mesara Plain In Crete: Preliminary Report Of The 1984, 1986, And 1987 Field Seasons’, Hesperia 62.2, pp. 191-248. 1993., '', pg. 225. And footnote 75 on p. 227.
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