Site Pseira

Main Information

Site ID	309
Name of the site	Pseira
Alias name
Alternative name	Ψειρά
District	Lasithi
Region	Crete
Country	Greece
Period	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIa Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIb Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic
Description	Pseira is an island in the Bay of Pseira, north-east of the Gulf of Mirabello.Remains of a settlement and burials have been found, alongside with ceramics and obsidian. It is adted from the Final Neolithic till the Early Bronze Age.
Topography	coast
Geographical Coordinate Reference System	WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984
Latitude	35.185600000000
Longitude	25.863900000000
Elevation	None
Exact location	yes
Coordinate source	Google maps
Number of activity periods	None
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Location of the Site

Bibliography

Reference	P.P. Betancourt - C. Davaras,Excavations at Pseira,1988, no name provided,BCH 118, 1994, 814.,None,None P.P. Betancourt,Pseira IV : Minoan Buildings in Areas B, C, D, and F,1999, J. C. MacEnroe,Pseira V : the Architecture of Pseira (with Contributions from Costis Davaras and Philip P. Betancourt),2001, P.P. Betancourt - C. Davaras (Hrsg.), ,Pseira II: Building AC (the Shrine) and Other Buildings in Area A, University Museum Monograph 94, Philadelphia 1998.,None,None P.P. Betancourt,Pseira. A Minoan Settlement on an Islet off the Northeast Coast of Crete,2008,Oxford P.P. Betancourt,What is Minoan? FN/EM I in the Gulf of Mirabello Region,1999,Liège - Austin P.P. Betancourt – C. Davaras, ,Κρητική Εστία 2, 1988, 339.,None,None no name provided,ARepLon 1994-95, 70,None,None J. Phillips,Aegyptiaca on the Island of Crete in Their Chronological Context: A Critical Review,2008,Wien no name provided,ARepLon 1989-90, 76.,None,None P.P. Betancourt - C. Davaras (Hrsg.), ,Pseira VII. The Pseira Cemetery 2. Excavation of the Tombs, Prehistory Monograph 6, Philadelphia 2003.,None,None P.P. Betancourt – C. Davaras, ,Κρητική Εστία 3, 1989/90, 296.,None,None no name provided,BCH 119, 1995, 1019f.,None,None no name provided,BCH 113, 1989, 682; 684.,None,None P.P. Betancourt - C. Davaras (Hrsg.), ,Pseira I. The Minoan Buildings on the West Side of Area A, University Museum Monograph 9, Philadelphia 1995.,None,None no name provided,ARepLon 1990-91, 75f.,None,None P.P. Betancourt - K. Davaras,Ανασκαφική έρευνα Ψειράς. Περιόδοι 1985 και 1986,1986, P.P. Betancourt,The Stone Vessels of Pseira,1990, C. Davaras - P.P. Betancourt - W.R. Farrand,Pseira,1992,Berkeley P.P. Betancourt - C. Davaras (Hrsg.), ,Pseira VI. The Pseira Cemetery 1.The Surface Survey, Prehistory Monograph 5, Philadelphia 2002.,None,None P.P. Betancourt – C. Davaras,, ,Κρητική Εστία 4, 1991-93, 304f.,None,None R.F. Beeston - J. Palatinus - C.W. Beck,Organic Residue Analysis: Pseira,2008,Oxford R. Arnott,The Human Skeletal Remains,2003,Philadelphia no name provided,BCH 114, 1990, 826;,None,None P.P. Betancourt - C. Davaras - R. Hope Simpson (Hrsg.), ,Pseira IX. The Archaeological Survey of Pseira Island Part 1. The Intensive Surface Survey, Prehistory Monographs 12, 1, Philadelphia 2004.,None,None P.P. Betancourt,Minoan Objects Excavated from Vasilike, Pseira, Sphoungaras, Priniatikos Pyrgos and Other Sites: The Cretan Collection in the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Vol. I,1983,Philadelphia P.P. Betancourt - C. Davaras - R. Hope Simpson (Hrsg.), ,Pseira IX. The Archaeological Survey of Pseira Island Part 2. The Intensive Surface Survey, Prehistory Monographs 12, 2, Philadelphia 2005.,None,None H. Dierckx,Aspects of Minoan Technology, Culture, and Economy: The Bronze Age Stone Industry of Crete,1992,Ann Arbor C.W. Beck et al.,Absorbed Organic Residues in Pottery from the Minoan Settlement of Pseira, Crete,2008,Oxford no name provided,ARepLon 1988-89, 106.,None,None Alram-Stern, Eva,Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie,Forschungsbericht 1977-2009. Das neolithische und vorpalastzeitliche Kreta,None,None no name provided,BCH 115, 1991, 939f.,None,None P.P. Betancourt - C. Davaras,Αρχαιολογικές έρευνες στην Ψείρα. Περίοδοι 1987/1989,1990, Ch.R. Floyd,Pseira III. The Plateia Building,1998,Pennsylvania P.P. Betancourt - C. Davaras,Excavations at Pseira, 1985 and 1986,1988, P.P. Betancourt - C. Davaras (Hrsg.), ,Pseira IV : Minoan Buildings in Areas B, C, D, and F, University Museum Monograph 105, 1999.,None,None

Areas in this Site

Areas

ID 413 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib
ID 473 cemetery or grave	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib
ID 474 cemetery or grave	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIa Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIb
ID 475 cemetery or grave	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic