Site Atsipades

Main Information

Site ID	62
Name of the site	Atsipades
Alias name	Atsipades Korakias
Alternative name	Atsipadhes Ατσιπάδες
District	Rethymnon
Region	Crete
Country	Greece
Period	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic 3700 - 2900 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 Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV 3300 - 3000
Description	Atsipades is located above the village Atsipades, Agios Vasilios, on the mountain Korakias, which is part of the Kouroupas-massif. It was discovered by K. Nowicki in 1985 and excavated in 1989 by Alan Peatfield. Although the site is described as a minoan peak sanctuary, final neolithic pottery was found in cracks in the rock on the lowermost of the two terraces.
Topography	hill
Geographical Coordinate Reference System	WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984
Latitude	35.209500000000
Longitude	24.447700000000
Elevation	None
Exact location	yes
Coordinate source	Google maps
Number of activity periods	4
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Location of the Site

Bibliography

Reference	no name provided,ARepLon 1993-94, 83f.;,None,None Nowicki, K.,Some Remarks on New Peak Sanctuaries in Crete: The Topography of Ritual Areas and Their Relationship with Settlement, JdI 122, 2007,None,None K. Nowicki,Some Remarks on the Pre- and Protopalatial Peak Sanctuaries in Crete,1994, Ch.E. Morris - V. Batten,Final Neolithic Pottery from the Atsipadhes Peak Sanctuary,2000,Heraklion Peatfield, A.,Κρητική Εστία 4, 1991-93, 282-285;,None,None no name provided,ARepLon 1997-98, 122f;,None,None no name provided,BCH 123, 1999, 829;,None,None L. Godart - Y. Tzedakis.,Témoignages archéologiques et épigraphiques en Crète occidentale du néolithique au minoen récent IIIB,1992,Rom no name provided,BCH 122, 1998, 969.,None,None no name provided,ARepLon 1989-1990, 77-78;,None,None no name provided,BCH 120, 1996, 1343;,None,None no name provided,ARepLon 1996-97, 118-120;,None,None no name provided,BCH 114, 1990, 832;,None,None Ch.E. Morris - A.A.D. Peatfield,Pottery from the Peak Sanctuary of Atsipadhes Korakias, Ay. Vasiliou, Rethymnon,1995,Rethymnon Alram-Stern, Eva,Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie,Forschungsbericht 1977-2009. Das neolithische und vorpalastzeitliche Kreta,None,None Chrysoulaki, St.,Κρητική Εστία 7, 1999, 317.,None,None no name provided,BCH 115, 1991, 944; 946;,None,None

Areas in this Site

Areas

ID 102 undefined

Crete/Evans, Vagnetti Final Neolithic 3700 - 2900
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
Crete/Tomkins 2007 Final Neolithic IV 3300 - 3000