Tarrha or Old Roumeli
| PK | C7400 |
| TITLE | Tarrha or Old Roumeli |
| WGS84 | 35.230026° N, 23.965606° E |
| Accuracy | 200 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.230026, 23.965606 |
| LON/LAT | 23.965606, 35.230026 |
| DMS | 35° 13' 48.0936" N | , | 23° 57' 56.1816" E |
| W3W | riverside, interiors, sunblock |
| UTM | 34 S, 769897.59, 3902583.99 |
| EGSA87 | 496721, 3898264 |
| Elevation m | 29 |
| Elevation feet | 95.1 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Sphakia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Weinberg [1960], 90 Artifacts catalogued in Weinberg [1960] 100 ff., 'Catalogue of Finds'2. Artifacts. Moody et al. [1995], 89 ' ..., there was more abundant prehistoric material, ... '
3. Building. Weinberg [1960], 90 ' ..., two standing Roman buildings ... '
4. Cemetery. Weinberg [1960], 93 'Also on this bank (the west bank, rhc) are remains of ancient tombs.'
5. Necropolis. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015], 'Type: Necropolis'
6. Pottery. Tzanakaki [2006], The pottery from the excavations of 1959 and 1970 is discussed in Tzanakaki [2006].
7. Pottery. Weinberg [1960], 95 Pottery is discussed in Weinberg [1960] on pp. 95-97.
8. Sherds. Weinberg [1960], 90 ' ... and, on the surface, quantities of potsherds.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Moody et al. [1995]: 89, ' ... some LM III - Early Iron Age, ... '
2. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
a. Moody et al. [1995]: 89, ' ... some LM III - Early Iron Age, ... '
3. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
a. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From LG to EA'
4. Roman: (753 BC - 395 AD)
a. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Overall Phases of Use: From LG to Rom'
b. Weinberg [1960]: 93, 'Almost all the glass fragments, however, were of Roman date.'
5. Early Archaic: (700 BC - 600 BC)
a. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From LG to EA'
6. Classical: (480 BC - 323 BC)
a. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Overall Phases of Use: From LG to Rom'
7. Byzantine: (395 AD - 1453 AD)
a. Weinberg [1960]: 100, ' :... the site seems to have been occupied from at least the fifth century B.C. until the fourth, or possibly the fifth century after Christ.'
8. Hellenistic: (323 BC - 33 BC)
a. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Overall Phases of Use: From LG to Rom'
b. Weinberg [1960]: 100, ' :... the site seems to have been occupied from at least the fifth century B.C. until the fourth, or possibly the fifth century after Christ.'
NOTES
1. The relevant Aristeia Project page is here.
2. See the detailed maps of the excavation sites in Tzanakakis [2006], p. 203, Figs. 2 and 3.
3. A detailed sketch map of the 1959 (Weinberg) excavation is in Weinberg [1960] 92, fig. 1.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Tarrha', Online here.
2. Moody et al. [1995]: Moody, Jennifer with Lucia Nixon, Simon Price and Oliver Rackham. ‘Surveying poleis and larger sites in Sphakia’, British School at Athens Studies, Vol. 2, POST-MINOAN CRETE: Proceedings of the First Colloquium on Post-Minoan Crete held by the British School at Athens and the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 10-11 November 1995 (1998), pp. 87-95, 'Tarrha / Agia Roumeli', pg. 89.
Online here.
3. Niemeier et al. (eds.) [2006]: Niemeier, W.-D., O. Pilz, I. Kaiser. Kreta in der geometrischen und archaischen Zeit; Akten des Internationalen Kolloquiums am Deutschen Archäologischen Institut, Abteilung Athen; 37. - 29. Januar 2006. Hirmer Verlag GmbH, '',
4. Tzanakaki [2006]: Tzanakaki, Katerina. ‘Αγία Ρουμέλη 1970 (Τάρρα). Οι αρχαϊκές ταφές’, In Niemeier et al. (eds.) [2006] pp. 201 - 220, '', Online here.
5. Weinberg [1960]: Weinberg, Gladys Davidson. ‘Excavations at Tarrha, 1959’, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (29:1) pp. 90-108., 'Excavations at Tarrha, 1959', pg. 90.
Online here.