Site details

Kilisitepe

PK	C5049
TITLE	Kilisitepe
WGS84	36.502329° N, 33.553426° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.502329, 33.553426
LON/LAT	33.553426, 36.502329

DMS

36° 30' 8.3844" N

33° 33' 12.3336" E

W3W	encountering, accompanies, buddy
UTM	36 S, 549561, 4039809
EGSA87	1356548, 4082090

Elevation m	145
Elevation feet	475.7
Region	Anatolia
Subregion	Cilicia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Baker et al. [1995], 176    'Seven sherds of a Mycenaean vessel, which could be partly restored, ... '
2.    Sherds.   Gür [2015], 16    'In Kilisetepe, typical LH IIIC pots were found in stratum IId, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Baker et al. [1995]: 176, 'Our vessel ... comes closest to the category of squat stirrup-jars of LHIIIA/B ... '

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Baker et al. [1995]: 176, 'Our vessel ... comes closest to the category of squat stirrup-jars of LHIIIA/B ... '

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Gür [2015]: 16, '... typical LH IIIC pots were found ...', 'IIIC ceramics were revealed in the destruction layer during excavations...'

NOTE

1. The website for the Kilisetepe Project is: http://www.kilisetepe.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/index.html

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Baker et al. [1995]: Baker, H.D. and D. Collon, J.D. Hawkins, T. Pollard, J.M. Postgate, D. Symington, D. Thomas. ‘Kilise Tepe 1994’, Anatolian Studies (45) 139 - 151. 1995., ''Mycenaean vessel (Fig. 15:6)'', pg. 176. Online here.

2. Gür [2015]: Gür, Baris. ‘An Overview of the Late Helladic IIIC Period in Anatolia’, Talanta (46-47), pp. 7-26, 2014-2015, '', pg. 16. Online here.