Site details

Kerame: Pirgos and Kionia

PK	C7435
TITLE	Kerame: Pirgos and Kionia
WGS84	35.146424° N, 24.5111° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.146424, 24.5111
LON/LAT	24.5111, 35.146424

DMS

35° 8' 47.1264" N

24° 30' 39.96" E

W3W	sightseeing, layover, liberally
UTM	35 S, 273264.83, 3892117.13
EGSA87	546407, 3889112

Elevation m	52
Elevation feet	170.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Hagios Vasileios

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Hood and Warren [1966], 174    See list in Hood and Warren [1966] p. 174.
2.    Settlement.   Hood and Warren [1966], 173    'Scattered sherds and abundant stones from buildings are spread over an area ... '
3.    Wall.   Hood and Warren [1966], 173    'Well-preserved stretches of massively built walling near the eastern edge of the site ('Kionia') ... '

SITE SIZE

- Hood and Warren [1966]  p. 173,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  ' ... over an area of about 150 metres from east to west, and 100 metres or more from north to south.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 174, 'If these are Minoan, they are likely to be M.M. II/III - L.M. I.'

2. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 174, 'If these are Minoan, they are likely to be M.M. II/III - L.M. I.'

3. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 174, 'If these are Minoan, they are likely to be M.M. II/III - L.M. I.'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 174, ' ... with one Geometric fragment ... '

5. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 174, ' ... and one or two Archaic; ... '

6. Classical: (480 BC - 323 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 174, 'The pottery which we saw appeared to range from Classical to Hellenistic with ... '

7. Hellenistic: (323 BC - 33 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 174, 'The pottery which we saw appeared to range from Classical to Hellenistic with ... '

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., '8. Kerame: 'Pirgos' and 'Kionia' (ancient BIONNIS?)', pg. 173. Online here.