Site details

Mixorrouma: Kostili

PK	C7432
TITLE	Mixorrouma: Kostili
WGS84	35.223689° N, 24.488415° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	35.223689, 24.488415
LON/LAT	24.488415, 35.223689

DMS

35° 13' 25.2804" N

24° 29' 18.294" E

W3W	campground, plasma, contraction
UTM	35 S, 271414.46, 3900740.53
EGSA87	544299, 3897670

Elevation m	305
Elevation feet	1000.7
Region	Crete
Subregion	Hagios Vasileios

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Hab.   Hood and Warren [1966], 176    'Isolated Minoan houses on a ridge north of the main road ... ', 'This led to the discovery of the building which was recognized by Alexiou as a villa of the flourishing period of the Minoan civilization ... '
2.    Pottery.   Hood and Warren [1966], 176    Pottery listed on p. 176.
3.    Sherds.   Hood and Warren [1966], 176    ' ... scattered Minoan sherds.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 176, 'Neat concentric string marks like these would be more at home in M.M . II/III than in L.M. I at Knossos.'

2. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 176, 'Neat concentric string marks like these would be more at home in M.M . II/III than in L.M. I at Knossos.'

3. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 176, ' ... occupation may have lasted here into the early part of L.M.III ... '

4. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 176, 'A tripod foot of circular section would be assignable to L.M. III at Knossos ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hood and Warren [1966]: Hood, Sinclair and Peter Warren. ‘Ancient Sites in the Province of Ayios Vasilios, Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (61) pp. 163-191, 1966., '10. Mixorrouma: 'Kostili' (Κωστίλη)', pg. 175. Online here.