Site Phaistos

Main Information

Site ID	521
Name of the site	Phaistos
Alias name
Alternative name	Faistos
District	Central Crete (Heraklio)
Region	Crete
Country	Greece
Period	Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II 3900 - 3600 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III 3600 - 3300 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV 3300 - 3000 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III 3600 - 3300 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV 3300 - 3000
Description	Phaistos lies in the Mesara-Plain.
Topography	plain
Geographical Coordinate Reference System	WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984
Latitude	35.051500000000
Longitude	24.814500000000
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 622 settlement	Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic II 3900 - 3600
ID 623 settlement	Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III 3600 - 3300
ID 624 settlement	Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV 3300 - 3000
ID 625 settlement	Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic III 3600 - 3300 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV 3300 - 3000