Site details
Beşik Tepe-Yassıtepe
| PK | C1752 |
| TITLE | Beşik Tepe–Yassıtepe |
| WGS84 | 39.915031° N, 26.150968° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 39.915031, 26.150968 |
| LON/LAT | 26.150968, 39.915031 |
| DMS | 39° 54' 54.1116" N | , | 26° 9' 3.4848" E |
| W3W | pulps, ruggedness, slinky |
| UTM | 35 S, 427437, 4418672 |
| EGSA87 | 683693, 4420255 |
| Elevation m | 16 |
| Elevation feet | 52.5 |
| Region | Anatolia |
| Subregion | Troad |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. settlement. Luwian Studies [nd], 'The tell site is located 7 km south-west from Hisarlik ... ','Manfred Korfmann excavated the site in 1982-1987.'2. Sherds. Kelder [2006], 55 'Listed as a class 2 site in van Wijngaarden's catalogue, the site of Beşik Tepe should have yielded 10 to 50 pieces of Mycenaean pottery.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Luwian Studies [nd]: , ' ... as well as remains of an Early Bronze Age settlement comprising several phases.'
2. Troy I: (2950 BC - 2350 BC)
a. Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'On the cape, his team found pottery typical of the earliest Troy I phase ... '
3. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
a. Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Periods: EBA, LBA, MBA'
4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Kelder [2006]: 55, '... pieces of Mycenaean pottery.'
b. Luwian Studies [nd]: , ' ..., painted Mycenaean pottery sherds were also present.'
5. Troy VI: (1700 BC - 1300 BC)
a. Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'The material culture belonging to late Troy VI consists almost entirely of Anatolian Grey Ware.'
6. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Traces of a Late Bronze Age settlement were also found on the cape and east of it in the adjoining isthmus.'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Kelder [2006]: Kelder, Jorrit M.. ‘Mycenaeans in Western Anatolia’, Talanta (36-37), 49-86. 2004-2005., 'BEŞIK TEPE', pg. 55.
Online here.
2. Luwian Studies [nd]: Zangger, Eberhard. , 'Beşiktepe-Yassitepe and Beşik-Cemetery', Online here.