Site Knossos

Main Information

Site ID	446
Name of the site	Knossos
Alias name
Alternative name	Κνωσσός
District	Central Crete (Heraklio)
Region	Crete
Country	Greece
Period	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Aceramic Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Initial Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic I Crete/Tomkins 2007 Early Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic I Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic II Crete/Tomkins 2007 Early Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic I Crete/Tomkins 2007 Middle Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic I Crete/Tomkins 2007 Late Neolithic I Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic II Crete/Tomkins 2007 Late Neolithic II Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Middle Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IA Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Middle Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IB Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Middle Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IA Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IB Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Late Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Late Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIa Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIa Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IA Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IB Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Aceramic Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic I Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic II Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Middle Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Late Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Initial Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Early Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Middle Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Late Neolithic I Crete/Tomkins 2007 Late Neolithic II Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IA Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IB Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV
Description	Knossos is situated on the Kephala hill in a fertile area that was well irrigated.
Topography	hill
Geographical Coordinate Reference System	WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984
Latitude	35.297800000000
Longitude	25.163100000000
Elevation	None
Exact location	yes
Coordinate source	Google maps
Number of activity periods	None
Comment

Location of the Site

Bibliography

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Areas in this Site

Areas

ID 578 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Aceramic Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Initial Neolithic
ID 579 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic I Crete/Tomkins 2007 Early Neolithic
ID 580 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic I Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic II Crete/Tomkins 2007 Early Neolithic
ID 628 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic I Crete/Tomkins 2007 Middle Neolithic
ID 633 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic I Crete/Tomkins 2007 Late Neolithic I
ID 634 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic II Crete/Tomkins 2007 Late Neolithic II
ID 640 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Middle Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IA
ID 641 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Middle Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IB
ID 642 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Middle Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IA Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IB
ID 643 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Late Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II
ID 644 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III
ID 645 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Late Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III
ID 652 settlement	Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib
ID 653 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV
ID 654 settlement	Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ia Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan Ib Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIa
ID 655 settlement	Crete/Wilson, Momigliano Early Minoan IIa
ID 656 settlement	Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IA Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IB Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV
ID 657 settlement	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Aceramic Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic I Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Early Neolithic II Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Middle Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Late Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Initial Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Early Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Middle Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007 Late Neolithic I Crete/Tomkins 2007 Late Neolithic II Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IA Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IB Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV