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Myrtos: Charakas

PKC7488
TITLEMyrtos: Charakas
WGS84 35.0224° N, 25.604067° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.0224, 25.604067
LON/LAT 25.604067, 35.0224

DMS 35° 1' 20.64" N,25° 36' 14.6412" E

W3Wtidally, primer, inapt
UTM35 S, 372649.19, 3876417.57
EGSA87 646192, 3876414

Elevation m163
Elevation feet 534.8
RegionCrete
SubregionIerapetra





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Hab.   Nowicki [2014], 176    ' ... the number of sherds indicates that it was a proper settlement ... '
2.    Sherds.   Nowicki [2014], 176    'EM II - MM I and MM II sherds are scattered ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic II: (3200 - 2800)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 176, 'Also on this slope numerous sherds of FN II - EM I date were visible on the eroded surface.'

2. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 176, 'Also on this slope numerous sherds of FN II - EM I date were visible on the eroded surface.'

3. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 176, 'EM II - MM I and MM II sherds are scattered on the top of the northern rock, ... '

4. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 176, 'EM II - MM I and MM II sherds are scattered on the top of the northern rock, ... '

5. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: 176, 'EM II - MM I and MM II sherds are scattered on the top of the northern rock, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Nowicki [2014]:  Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '96 Myrtos', pg. 176. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7488 is at 35.00676° N, 25.60421° E, a straight-line distance of 1 km and 736 m.