Site details

Sardis

PK	C1471
TITLE	Sardis
WGS84	38.487067° N, 28.04015° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.487067, 28.04015
LON/LAT	28.04015, 38.487067

DMS

38° 29' 13.4412" N

28° 2' 24.54" E

W3W	reverting, admits, subways
UTM	35 S, 590716, 4260371
EGSA87	852275, 4267311

Elevation m	121
Elevation feet	397
Region	Anatolia
Subregion	Lydia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 209    'A few late Mycenaean and rather more Protogeometric sherds, together with much larger amounts of plain local ware, were found associated with a rubble wall, floors, and pits.'
2.    Sherds.   Luwian Studies [nd],     'Imported Mycenaean sherds and craters, dating to the 13th-11th cent. BCE, were also found in this level. Nevertheless, the vast majority of the material in Sardis is strictly of indigenous Anatolian origin. About 2-5% of the pottery is Mycenaean.'
3.    Vessels.   Kelder [2006], 60    'Only few vessels that might be Mycenaean have been found at Sardis.', Despite the occurrence of some Mycenaean pottery, the majority of the material at Sardis is firmly Anatolian.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 209, 'LB LH III(B-C) PG G A C H'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Imported Mycenaean sherds and craters, dating to the 13th-11th cent. BCE, were also found in this level. Nevertheless, the vast majority of the material in Sardis is strictly of indigenous Anatolian origin. About 2-5% of the pottery is Mycenaean.'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 209, 'LB LH III(B-C) PG G A C H'
    b.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Imported Mycenaean sherds and craters, dating to the 13th-11th cent. BCE, were also found in this level. Nevertheless, the vast majority of the material in Sardis is strictly of indigenous Anatolian origin. About 2-5% of the pottery is Mycenaean.'
    c.    Kelder [2006]: 60, 'Mee (1978, 144) reports a LH IIIB krater and a LH IIIC deep bowl.'

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 209, 'LB LH III(B-C) PG G A C H'
    b.    Kelder [2006]: 60, 'Mee (1978, 144) reports a LH IIIB krater and a LH IIIC deep bowl.'

5. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
    a.    Kelder [2006]: 60, 'The Mycenaean ware is dated LH IIIB-C2,'

6. LH IIIC2: (1130 BC - 1090 BC)
    a.    Kelder [2006]: 60, 'The Mycenaean ware is dated LH IIIB-C2,'

NOTES

1. From www.luwianstudies.org: 'At Sardes, the earliest finds are derived from the "House of Bronzes", south of the gymnasium. In this area, habitation continued from the Late Bronze Age to the Byzantine period. Some pottery dates back prior to 1400 BCE. These earliest ceramic is indigenous, monochrome and similar to other sites in Western Asia Minor. The second layer (1400-1200 BCE) contained the remains of a circular wattle wall, a mud hut, a pithos for cremation, published by Andrew Ramage and Jeffrey Spier. Imported Mycenaean sherds and craters, dating to the 13th-11th cent. BCE, were also found in this level. Nevertheless, the vast majority of the material in Sardis is strictly of indigenous Anatolian origin. About 2-5% of the pottery is Mycenaean.'

2. Position from Luwian Studies web site: http://luwianstudies.org/sites/sardis/

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Kelder [2006]: Kelder, Jorrit M.. ‘Mycenaeans in Western Anatolia’, Talanta (36-37), 49-86. 2004-2005., 'Sardis', pg. 60. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Sardis', pg. 209. Online here.

3. Luwian Studies [nd]: Zangger, Eberhard. , 'Sardis', Online here. Online here.