PKey Report
PKC7442
TITLEPsykheion (?)
WGS84 35.103258° N, 24.563935° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.103258, 24.563935
LON/LAT 24.563935, 35.103258

DMS 35° 6' 11.7288" N,24° 33' 50.166" E

W3Wrafted, laser, instants
UTM35 S, 277961.81, 3887209.43
EGSA87 551247, 3884351

Elevation m17
Elevation feet 55.8
RegionCrete
SubregionHagios Vasileios







GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Harbor.   Hood and Warren [1966], 170    'In the Stadiasmus, however, it appears merely as a summer harbour which has water.'

2.    Settlement.   Hood and Warren [1966], 170    'Psykheion is described by Stephanus Byzantinus as a city (πόλις).'

3.    Sherds.   Hood and Warren [1966], 170    'Plain orange sherds and stones which might have come from ancient house walls are scattered over a small area of sloping ground at the base of the cliff with the cave into which the church is built.'



PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Roman: (753 BC - 395 AD)

    a.    Hood and Warren [1966]: 170, 'The seven sherds from here kept by us include Roman, as well as some which may be Medieval or later, ... '


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., '3 Cape Melissa (ancient Psykheion ?)', pg. 170. Online here.