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Vasiliki is the name of a village in the municipality of Ierapetra
Ierapetra

Ierapetra is a municipality and a town in the east of the Greece island of Crete, in the prefecture of Lasithi. The municipality has an area of 394.774 square kilometres and a population of 23,707 ....
, in the prefecture of Lasithi
Lasithi

Lasithi is the easternmost prefecture on the island of Crete, to the east of the prefecture of Heraklion Prefecture. Its capital is Agios Nikolaos, Crete, the other major towns being Ierapetra, Sitia and Neapoli, Crete....
, on Crete
Crete

Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the List of islands in the Mediterranean largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km? ....
, and the name of the nearby Minoan
Minoan civilization

The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age civilization which arose on the island of Crete. The Minoan culture flourished from approximately 27th century BC to 1450 BC; afterwards, Mycenaean Greece culture became dominant at Minoan sites in Crete....
 archeological site. The site took its name from the village.

Archaeology
Vasiliki was first excavated 1903-1906 by American archaeologist R.






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Vasiliki is the name of a village in the municipality of Ierapetra
Ierapetra

Ierapetra is a municipality and a town in the east of the Greece island of Crete, in the prefecture of Lasithi. The municipality has an area of 394.774 square kilometres and a population of 23,707 ....
, in the prefecture of Lasithi
Lasithi

Lasithi is the easternmost prefecture on the island of Crete, to the east of the prefecture of Heraklion Prefecture. Its capital is Agios Nikolaos, Crete, the other major towns being Ierapetra, Sitia and Neapoli, Crete....
, on Crete
Crete

Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the List of islands in the Mediterranean largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km? ....
, and the name of the nearby Minoan
Minoan civilization

The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age civilization which arose on the island of Crete. The Minoan culture flourished from approximately 27th century BC to 1450 BC; afterwards, Mycenaean Greece culture became dominant at Minoan sites in Crete....
 archeological site. The site took its name from the village.

Geography


Vasiliki lies on a small hill in the north of the Ierapetra isthmus
Isthmus

File:The Spit Bruny Island.jpg File:IsthmusOfPanama.pngAn isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas. Of note, the Isthmus of Panama connects the continents of North America and South America , and the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt connects Africa and Asia ....
. The exit of the impressive Ha Gorge
Ha Gorge

Ha Gorge is a gorge on the eastern part of the island ofCrete in Greece. It is located in the west slope of Thrypti mountain and exits eastof Vasiliki, Lasithi village in the plain of Ierapetra....
 is located nearby.

Archaeology


Vasiliki was first excavated 1903-1906 by American archaeologist R. B. Seager. Nicolas Platon continued excavations in 1953. In 1970, A. A. Zois began meticulous work that lasted until 1982, and returned to the site again in 1990 to continue the work.

The Minoan village was in use from EMIIA
Minoan pottery

Minoan pottery is more than a useful tool for dating the mute Minoan civilization. Its restless sequence of rapidly-maturing artistic styles reveal something of Minoan patrons' pleasure in novelty while they assist archaeologists assign relative dates to the Archaeology of their sites....
 to LMIA
Minoan pottery

Minoan pottery is more than a useful tool for dating the mute Minoan civilization. Its restless sequence of rapidly-maturing artistic styles reveal something of Minoan patrons' pleasure in novelty while they assist archaeologists assign relative dates to the Archaeology of their sites....
. From about 2500 BC onwards, the culture of Vasiliki resembled art elements as other Cretan sites such as Knossos
Knossos

Knossos , also known as the Knossos Palace is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and probably the ceremonial and political center of the Minoan civilization and culture....
 and Trapezea based upon pottery finds. A nearby tomb
Tomb

For the New York prison see The Tombs.A tomb is a repository for the remains of the death. The term generally refers to any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes....
 from LMIII
Minoan pottery

Minoan pottery is more than a useful tool for dating the mute Minoan civilization. Its restless sequence of rapidly-maturing artistic styles reveal something of Minoan patrons' pleasure in novelty while they assist archaeologists assign relative dates to the Archaeology of their sites....
 was once discovered, but the location has not been rediscovered.

The site includes houses, many Vasiliki-ware pottery
Minoan pottery

Minoan pottery is more than a useful tool for dating the mute Minoan civilization. Its restless sequence of rapidly-maturing artistic styles reveal something of Minoan patrons' pleasure in novelty while they assist archaeologists assign relative dates to the Archaeology of their sites....
 finds and a paved courtyard.