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tou Koukou to Kephali

PKC7273
TITLEtou Koukou to Kephali
WGS84 35.108408° N, 26.219422° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 35.108408, 26.219422
LON/LAT 26.219422, 35.108408

DMS 35° 6' 30.2688" N,26° 13' 9.9192" E

W3Wsoil, fleeces, winery
UTM35 S, 428864.29, 3885343.9
EGSA87 702127, 3887030

Elevation m218
Elevation feet 715.2
RegionCrete
SubregionSiteia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Prent [2005], 310    ' ..., Hogarth found G pottery, a seal stone, terracotta animal figurines and two 7th-century clay plaques depicting a robe-wearing male ... '
2.    Pottery.   Prent [2005], 310    'It was first described by Evans in 1894, who noted BA pottery on the Koukou tou Kephali and on the neighbouring hill Anthropolithos.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Prent [2005]: 310, ' ... a possibly BA ... '

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Prent [2005]: 310, 'G sherds were reported by subsequent visitors including Hogarth and Schachermeyr.'

3. Orientalizing: (700 BC - 630 BC)
    a.    Prent [2005]: 310, ' ... and G-O site.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Prent [2005]:  Prent, Mieke. Cretan Sanctuaries and Cults; Continuity and Change from Late Minoan IIIC to the Archaic Period. Brill, 2005, 'B.49 Zakros, tou Koukou to Kephali', pg. 310. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7273 is at 35.09855° N, 26.26367° E, a straight-line distance of 4 km and 164 m.