PKey Report

PK	C7470
TITLE	Kommos Nisos East
WGS84	35.004217° N, 24.761783° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.004217, 24.761783
LON/LAT	24.761783, 35.004217

DMS

35° 0' 15.1812" N

24° 45' 42.4188" E

W3W	tooth, donations, clod
UTM	35 S, 295751.57, 3875799.87
EGSA87	569362, 3873487

Elevation m	127
Elevation feet	416.7
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pyrgiotissa

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1. Hab. Nowicki [2018], 40 ' ..., and individual households or hamlets scattered along the ridge to the west, ... '

2. Hab. Nowicki [2014], 243 ' ... indicates a habitation site of two or three houses spaciously distributed next to the highest elevation of the ridge, ...'

3. Lithics. Nowicki [2018], 40 ' ... occasional chipped stone (red and grey chert).'

4. Pottery. Nowicki [2014], 243 'Among diagnostic sherds were two bowl rims, a large thin strap handle, a small strap handle, and a probably base of a "cheese pot".'

5.    Walls.   Nowicki [2018], 40    'Remains of walls visible on the surface at one cluster may date to the FN II–EM I early period.'

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 243,  Size: 2400 sq. m.  ' .... over an area of about 80 by 30 m, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)

    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 243, 'Pottery of the Red Ware Fabric Group shows characteristics of the FN II period, ... '

    b.    Nowicki [2018]: 40, 'Remains of walls visible on the surface at one cluster may date to the FN II–EM I early period.'

2. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)

    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 243, ' ... sherds of a better quality may date to EM I early.'

    b.    Nowicki [2018]: 40, 'Remains of walls visible on the surface at one cluster may date to the FN II–EM I early period.'

NOTE

1. Nowicki [2018] 40 says "The previous interpretation of the site regarded only its easternmost part. In fact the settlement was much larger and extended along the ridge of Nisos, from the concrete column in its eastern end for a distance of about 600 m to the southwest (35º00.086’ N, 024º45.360’ E). A freshly ploughed ﬁeld, immediately west of the part of the site published in 2014 and extending for about 200 m to the west, exposed numerous fragments of storage jars and pithoi; ... "

The point 600 m to the SW is F7986; the plowed field is F7987. From the 2014 book (Nowicki [2014]) he has enlarged the area of consideration to extend to the SW another 600 m. In that area were found a succession of (5?) small areas suggesting individual farms.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Nowicki [2018]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. ‘Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean: Supplement 2’, Aegean Archaeology 12 (2018), pp. 7-49, '171. Kommos Nisos East', pg. 40. Online here.

2. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '171 Kommos Nisos East', pg. 243. Online here.