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Preveli: Minoan Site

PKC7436
TITLEPreveli: Minoan Site
WGS84 35.15495° N, 24.468097° E
Accuracy 100 m.

LAT/LON 35.15495, 24.468097
LON/LAT 24.468097, 35.15495

DMS 35° 9' 17.82" N,24° 28' 5.1492" E

W3Wacquisition, unguided, flattens
UTM35 S, 269370.54, 3893161.86
EGSA87 542485, 3890038

Elevation m134
Elevation feet 439.6
RegionCrete
SubregionHagios Vasileios





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Hood and Warren [1966], 182    'Minoan settlement on a low rocky hill ...'
2.    Sherds.   Hood and Warren [1966], 182    ' ... with a thin scatter of sherds and ... '
3.    Walls.   Hood and Warren [1966], 182    ' ... and stones from house walls ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 182, 'The Minoan sherds appear to be M.M. III - L.M. I in character.'

2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 182, 'The Minoan sherds appear to be M.M. III - L.M. I in character.'

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., '22. Preveli: Minoan site 1 kilometre east', pg. 182. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7436 is at 35.15022° N, 24.46835° E, a straight-line distance of 525.8 m.