Site Petras Kephala

Main Information

Site ID	367
Name of the site	Petras Kephala
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Alternative name
District	Lasithi
Region	Crete
Country	Greece
Period	Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV 3300 - 3000 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia 3100 - 2900 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib 2900 - 2700 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IA 4500 - 4200 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II 3900 - 3600 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IB 4200 - 3900 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III 3600 - 3300
Description	Kephala Petras is located on the northern slope of the Kephala-hill, about 200 m north-eastern of the Minoan Palace and the modern settlement of Petras.Final Neolithic till Early Bronze Age; Ceramics, obsidian and seal have been found.
Topography	hill
Geographical Coordinate Reference System	WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984
Latitude	35.198500000000
Longitude	26.115300000000
Elevation	None
Exact location	yes
Coordinate source	Google maps
Number of activity periods	None
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Location of the Site

Bibliography

Reference	Y. Papadatos,The Neolithic-Early Bronze Age Transition in Crete: New Evidence from the Settlement at Petras Kephala, Siteia,2008,Oxford C. d' Annibale,Obsidian in Transition: the Technological Reorganization of the Obsidian Industry from Petras Kephala (Siteia) between Final Neolithic IV and Early Minoan I,2008,Oxford C. d'Annibale,Production and Consumption of Obsidian in the Siteia Bay Area: Final Neolithic through Late Minoan,2006,Heraklion Alram-Stern, Eva,Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie,Forschungsbericht 1977-2009. Das neolithische und vorpalastzeitliche Kreta,None,None Y. Papadatos,The Beginning of Metallurgy in Crete: New Evidence from the FN - EM I Settlement at Kephala Petras - Siteia,2007,Oxford

Areas in this Site

Areas

ID 482 settlement	Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV 3300 - 3000
ID 483 settlement	Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia 3100 - 2900 Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib 2900 - 2700
ID 484 undefined	Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IA 4500 - 4200 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II 3900 - 3600 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IB 4200 - 3900 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III 3600 - 3300