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Iasos

PK	C1488
TITLE	Iasos
WGS84	37.279516° N, 27.584468° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.279516, 27.584468
LON/LAT	27.584468, 37.279516

DMS

37° 16' 46.2576" N

27° 35' 4.0848" E

W3W	missions, unearned, treasury
UTM	35 S, 551842, 4125901
EGSA87	817702, 4131479

Elevation m	3
Elevation feet	9.8
Region	Anatolia
Subregion	Caria

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Kelder [2006], 61    'During the Late Bronze Age, Iasos must have been an important Mycenaean centre. Mycenaeans must have settled here at least as early as LH IIIA2 (Mellink 1983a, 139).'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 207    'The Mycenaean settlement appears to have covered all or most of the northern part of the promontory at least ...'
3.    Settlement.   Luwian Studies [nd],     ' Iasos was inhabited from the Early Bronze Age ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 207,  Size: 90000 sq. m.  '...and the apparent extent (approximately 300 m. by 300 m. minimum) of the Mycenaean period settlement, clearly demonstrates its importance.' Simpson emphasizes the word 'minimum'.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB MB MM II-III LM I-II LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'
    b.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , ' Iasos was inhabited from the Early Bronze Age ... '

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB MB MM II-III LM I-II LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'
    b.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Periods: BYZ, C, EBA, HL, LBA, MBA, R'

3. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB MB MM II-III LM I-II LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB MB MM II-III LM I-II LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'

4. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB MB MM II-III LM I-II LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'From about 1500 BCE up until 1200 BCE, the influence is predominatly Mycenaean.'

6. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Numerous ceramics of Minoan style and Minoan weights, as well as other findings indicate close relations with Crete.'

7. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB MB MM II-III LM I-II LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'

8. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Kelder [2006]: 61, '..."Frammenti Micenei", dating LH IIIA2 or IIIB (one piece may even date to LH II) were found ...'

9. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB MB MM II-III LM I-II LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'

10. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB MB MM II-III LM I-II LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'

11. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Kelder [2006]: 61, '..."Frammenti Micenei", dating LH IIIA2 or IIIB (one piece may even date to LH II) were found ...'

12. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB MB MM II-III LM I-II LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'
    b.    Kelder [2006]: 61, '..."Frammenti Micenei", dating LH IIIA2 or IIIB (one piece may even date to LH II) were found ...'

13. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB MB MM II-III LM I-II LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'
    b.    Kelder [2006]: 61, 'From the area below the basilica come a LH IIIC krater and a LH IIIC flask.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Kelder [2006]: Kelder, Jorrit M.. ‘Mycenaeans in Western Anatolia’, Talanta (36-37), 49-86. 2004-2005., 'Iasos', pg. 61. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Iasos', pg. 207. Online here.

3. Luwian Studies [nd]: Zangger, Eberhard. , 'Iasos; Number: 122', Online here. Online here.