Magasa, Crete Explained

Magasa (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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

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

35.1518°N 26.1849°W

Notes and References

1. British School, 1894
2. A.W.Lawrence, 1996
3. C.M.Hogan, 2007