Magasa, Crete

This article is about a Neolithic settlement in Crete; for the town in Italy, see Magasa, Italy.

Magasa (Greek: Μαγκασά) is a Neolithic settlement on the eastern part of the island of Crete^[1] in present day Greece. Magasa is notable as a Neolithic Cretan settlement for some use of large room sizes in its multi-roomed residences.^[2] 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.^[3]

See also

• Lato
• Kydonia

Line notes

References

• 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 ISBN 03000649

Coordinates: 35°09′6.39″N 26°11′5.58″E / 35.1517750°N 26.1848833°E / 35.1517750; 26.1848833