Site details

Katelionas (Branigan K130A)

PK	C7561
TITLE	Katelionas (Branigan K130A)
WGS84	35.091105° N, 26.124441° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.091105, 26.124441
LON/LAT	26.124441, 35.091105

DMS

35° 5' 27.978" N

26° 7' 27.9876" E

W3W	bedbug, issuer, delivers
UTM	35 S, 420191.39, 3883496.91
EGSA87	693511, 3884922

Elevation m	561
Elevation feet	1840.6
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Nowicki [2014], 147    ' ..., with five to ten buildings.', ' ... the site was "a small late Neolithic settlement, ... '
2.    Sherds.   Nowicki [2014], 147    ' ..., Neolithic sherds were found ... '
3.    Sherds.   Branigan et al. [1998], 61    'Fields 130 and 131 also yielded a high concentration of Minoan sherds, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Nowicki [2014]  p. 147,  Size: 2000 sq. m.  ' ... to judge from the area of sherd concentration and allowing for spread at the edges may have occupied up to 2000 m² of space", with five to ten buildings.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Neolithic: (4500 BC - 3100 BC)
    a.    Nowicki [2014]: , ' ... the site was "a small late Neolithic settlement, ... " '

2. Minoan: (3100 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Branigan et al. [1998]: 61, 'Fields 130 and 131 also yielded a high concentration of Minoan sherds, ... '

3. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Branigan et al. [1998]: 64, 'For the purposes of this discussion therefore, Minoan is taken to refer to the palatial period.'

4. Middle Minoan IIB: (1775 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Branigan et al. [1998]: 64, 'For the purposes of this discussion therefore, Minoan is taken to refer to the palatial period.'

NOTE

1. For a field map see Branigan et al. [1998] 62, Fig. 20.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Branigan et al. [1998]: Branigan, Keith with Tristan Carter and Peter O'Connor. ‘Prehistoric and Early Historic Settlement in the Ziros Region, Eastern Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (93), pp. 23-90., 'Katelionas', pg. 61. Online here.

2. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '63 Katelionas (Branigan's Site K 130A)', pg. 147. Online here.