80: Plan of Palaikastro: the Site called Roussolakkos

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/3/1
Level Item
Dimensions 68.5 x 97.3 cm
Scope and Content An ink plan of Palaikastro at a 1:500 scale, on a grid marked D-N across and 3-8 down. The exhibit number 80 and labels "Palaikastro Sitia-Crete-" and for blocks Ξ, Π, Χ, Β, Γ, Δ, and Μ have been pasted in a way that leaves the letters and numbers painted on the map upside down. There is also a compass drawn marking N and S: plain paper has been pasted over where E and W would be. There are 10 holes around the edges, of which 7 are still reinforced. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Plan of Palaikastro: the site called Roussolakkos ('the Red Hollow'), on which was in Hellenic times the Temple of Dictaean Zeus."
Notes The map is 'upside down' in order for all the Palaikastro maps to be in the same orientation. In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Maps and Plans"
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