Site Drepani Akrotiri

Main Information

Site ID	118
Name of the site	Drepani Akrotiri
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Alternative name
District	Lasithi
Region	Crete
Country	Greece
Period	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib
Description	The small peninsula Drepani Akrotiri is located on the northern coast of Crete between Milatos and Elounda. On the peninsula six final neolithic settlements were found.Obsidian and ceramics dated from the Final Neolithic till the Early Bronze Age have been found.
Topography	coast
Geographical Coordinate Reference System	WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984
Latitude	35.345800000000
Longitude	25.662500000000
Elevation	None
Exact location	yes
Coordinate source	Google maps
Number of activity periods	2
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Location of the Site

Bibliography

Reference	T. Alusik,Defensive Architecture of Prehistoric Crete,2007,Oxford K. Nowicki,Final Neolithic Refugees or Early Bronze Age Newcomers?,1999,Liège - Austin K. Nowicki,The End of the Neolithic in Crete,2002, Alram-Stern, Eva,Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie,Forschungsbericht 1977-2009. Das neolithische und vorpalastzeitliche Kreta,None,None

Areas in this Site

Areas

ID 194 settlement

Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic
Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia
Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib