Site details

Kamid el-Loz

PK	C6210
TITLE	Kamid el–Loz
WGS84	33.62374° N, 35.820953° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	33.62374, 35.820953
LON/LAT	35.820953, 33.62374

DMS

33° 37' 25.464" N

35° 49' 15.4308" E

W3W	prohibiting, alleys, unorthodox
UTM	36 S, 761693, 3724007
EGSA87	1599293, 3783489

Elevation m	938
Elevation feet	3077.4
Region	Levant

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Figurine.   Petrovic [2004], 254    'One animal figurine was found just outside the double temple complex, ... '
2.    Vessels.   Petrovic [2004], 254    'A total of 49 Mycenaean vessels have been found at the site.'
3.    Vessels.   Gilmour [1992], 113    'Concerning the distribution of Mycenaean pottery, Leonard has noted that 75% of the sites where it is found produced fewer than ten "ceramic units", and that only five sites had produced over 100 units - Byblos, Ras Shamra/Minet el-Beida, Megiddo, Kamid el-Loz, and Amman Airport.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Petrovic [2004]: 254, 'A total of 49 Mycenaean vessels have been found at the site.'
    b.    Gilmour [1992]: 113, ' ... distribution of Mycenaean pottery, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Frizell ed. [2004]: Frizell, Barbara Santillo. PECUS. MAN AND ANIMAL IN ANTIQUITY. Proceedings of the conference at the Swedish Institute in Rome, September 9-12, 2002. Ed Barbara Santillo Frizell (The Swedish Institute in Rome. Projects and Seminars, 1), Rome 2004., '', Online here.

2. Gilmour [1992]: Gilmour, Garth. ‘Mycenaean IIIA and IIIB Pottery in the Levant and Cyprus - RDAC 1992’, Report of the Department of Antiquities; Cyprus, 1992', '1. Distribution of Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant', pg. 113. Online here.

3. Petrovic [2004]: Petrovic, Nenad. ‘The significance of Mycenaean animal figurines abroad’, Frizell ed. [2004], 252 - 258, 'Kamid el-Loz.', pg. 254. Online here.