Site details

Idalion

PK	C1794
TITLE	Idalion
WGS84	35.015793° N, 33.422905° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.015793, 33.422905
LON/LAT	33.422905, 35.015793

DMS

35° 0' 56.8548" N

33° 25' 22.458" E

W3W	uncertainly, panthers, refuse
UTM	36 S, 538583, 3874876
EGSA87	1360871, 3915347

Elevation m	253
Elevation feet	830.1
Region	Cyprus

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Figurine.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 198    'Recently, a Mycenaean female figurine has also been discovered at Idalion (site no. 72).'
2.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 186    'A LH IIIA1 stirrup jar has been reported from Idalion (site no. 72).'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 198, 'Recently, a Mycenaean female figurine has also been discovered...'

2. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 186, 'A LH IIIA1 stirrup jar...'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 324, Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 324, Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 324, Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery

NOTES

1. Additional sources for Idalion

Hadjicosti, Maria, 'The Kingdom of Idalion in the Light of New Evidence', Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, no. 308, pp. 49-63. 1997. Online here.
Gaber, Pamela, 'The History of History: Excavations at Idalion and the Changing History of a City-Kingdom', Near Eastern Archaeology(71:1-2), pp. 52-63. 2008. Online here.

2. Coordinates are for the W Acropolis. Coordinates for the E acropolis are: 35.016321° N, 33.427028° E.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. van Wijngaarden [2002]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy (ca. 1600 - 1200 BC). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and Amsterdam University Press. 2002., 'Mycenaean Repertoire', pg. 323. Online here.

2. van Wijngaarden [2002]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy (ca. 1600 - 1200 BC). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and Amsterdam University Press. 2002., 'Mycenaean Repertoire', pg. 183. Online here.

3. van Wijngaarden [2002]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy (ca. 1600 - 1200 BC). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and Amsterdam University Press. 2002., 'Mycenaean Repertoire', pg. 191. Online here.