Magasa ( el, Μαγκασά) is a
Neolithic
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settlement
Settlement may refer to:
*Human settlement, a community where people live
*Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building
* Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction
*Settlement (fin ...
on the eastern part of the island of
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...
in present-day
Greece
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. Magasa is notable as a Neolithic Cretan settlement for some use of large room sizes in its multi-roomed residences. The
ben-and-but style of housing design with some use of
mud-dried brick has been noted as similar to that found in Neolithic
Knossos
Knossos (also Cnossos, both pronounced ; grc, Κνωσός, Knōsós, ; Linear B: ''Ko-no-so'') is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city.
Settled as early as the Neolithic period, the na ...
.
[C.M.Hogan, 2007]
See also
*
Lato
Lato ( grc, Λατώ, Latṓ) was an ancient city of Crete, the ruins of which are located approximately 3 km from the village of Kritsa.
History
The Dorian city-state was built in a defensible position overlooking Mirabello Bay betwee ...
*
Kydonia
Kydonia or Cydonia (; grc, Κυδωνία; lat, Cydonia) was an ancient city-state on the northwest coast of the island of Crete. It is at the site of the modern-day Greek city of Chania. In legend Cydonia was founded by King Cydon (), a son ...
References
Sources
* British School at Athens, British School at Athens Managing Committee (1894) ''The Annual of the British School at Athens'', Macmillan Publishers
* C. Michael Hogan
''Knossos fieldnotes'', Modern Antiquarian (2007)*
Arnold Walter Lawrence and Richard Allan Tomlinson (1996) ''Greek Architecture'', Yale University Press, 243 pages
Neolithic settlements in Crete
Former populated places in Greece
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