Site details

Kouklia-Palaepaphos

PK	C1799
TITLE	Kouklia–Palaepaphos
WGS84	34.707449° N, 32.574162° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	34.707449, 32.574162
LON/LAT	32.574162, 34.707449

DMS

34° 42' 26.8164" N

32° 34' 26.9832" E

W3W	renewable, hysterical, groove
UTM	36 S, 461004, 3840684
EGSA87	1286068, 3873955

Elevation m	86
Elevation feet	282.2
Region	Cyprus

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 190    'At the site of the later Aphrodite sanctuary at Kouklia-Palaepaphos (site no. 126) a cultic precinct existed already during the Late Bronze Age. Mycenaean pottery, though unstratified, has been found in this sanctuary.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 325, Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery

2. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 325, Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery

3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 325, Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 325, Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 325, Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery

6. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 325, Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery

NOTE

1. Location is the Temple of Aphrodite

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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., '', pg. 190. Online here.