Priniatikos Pyrgos

Priniatikos Pyrgos is an archaeological site near the Istron River in the eastern Cretan regional unit of Lasithi [1]. The site is on a coastal promontory [1]. It appears to have been first settled in the Final Neolithic, circa 3000 BC [1]. Activity on the site continued throughout the Minoan Bronze Age and the Classical Greek and Roman periods to Byzantine and Venetian periods, spanning up to 4,000 years [1]. The site may have been a harbour settlement, an industrial area, a cult area or any combination of such functions, which may have changed throughout its long occupation [1]. Since 2007, Priniatikos Pyrgos has been undergoing excavation by an international team under the auspices of the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens [1]. Much Vasiliki ware was excavated at Priniatikos Pyrgos [1].