Site details

Limnes Kefali

PK	C7484
TITLE	Limnes Kefali
WGS84	35.251933° N, 25.635767° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.251933, 25.635767
LON/LAT	25.635767, 35.251933

DMS

35° 15' 6.9588" N

25° 38' 8.7612" E

W3W	imperialism, treadmills, changes
UTM	35 S, 375890.29, 3901834.95
EGSA87	648666, 3901920

Elevation m	366
Elevation feet	1200.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Mirabello

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Nowicki [2014], 181    ' FN sherds, chipped stone, including obsidian and chert, and fragments of serpentinite axes were seen on the summit ... '
2.    Pottery.   Nowicki [2014], 181    'The pottery fabrics are of red or reddish-brown colour ... '
3.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2014], 181    'An FN settlement occupied the hill ... '

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 181,  Size: 1200 sq. m.  ' ... and higher slopes of the hill over an area ca. 40 by 30 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic: (3600 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 181, 'FN sherds, ... '

2. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 181, 'All the pottery seems to date to FN II ... '

3. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 181, ' ... the possibility of a longer occupation (EM I) at this site should not be rejected ... '

4. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 181, 'The same hill was occupied during the MM II and LM IIIC periods, ... '

5. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 181, 'The same hill was occupied during the MM II and LM IIIC periods, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '102 Limnes (To Tzagaro Manoli) Kefali', pg. 181. Online here.