Phaistos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors:
DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Stefano Costa, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, Ciara L Wisecup, R. Talbert, Lewin Ernest Staine, Thomas Focht, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Maija Gierhart
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Last modified
Mar 14, 2025 01:46 PM
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History
An ancient settlement on Crete where occupation began ca. 3000 B.C., Phaistos was a major center of the Minoan civilization and continued to be a Greek city of the first millennium B.C.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589987
35.0511892238, 24.814437994
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location: Central Court of the Palace at Phaistos (2000 BC - 1600 BC) accuracy: +/- 4 meters.
- OSM location of Archeological site of Phaistos (2000 BC - 1 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Phaistos connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kouloures at Phaistos located at Phaistos (unspecified date range)
palace complex, settlement, architectural complex, archaeological site
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 C2 Phaistos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Phaistos/Ag. Ioannis
J. Bennet, G. Reger, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Stefano Costa, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, Ciara L Wisecup, R. Talbert, Lewin Ernest Staine, Thomas Focht, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Maija Gierhart, 'Phaistos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589987> [accessed: 29 March 2025]
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