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Tell Soukas/Sukas

PK	C6219
TITLE	Tell Soukas∕Sukas
WGS84	35.306031° N, 35.922729° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.306031, 35.922729
LON/LAT	35.922729, 35.306031

DMS

35° 18' 21.7116" N

35° 55' 21.8244" E

W3W	scuffles, contravene, reshoot
UTM	36 S, 765746, 3910901
EGSA87	1586348, 3972582

Elevation m	18
Elevation feet	59.1
Region	Levant

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Figurine.   Petrovic [2004], 254
2.    settlement.   Gilmour [1992], 114    ' ..., with the ports of Minet el-Beida, Sukas, and perhaps Byblos ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Gilmour [1992]: 118, 'At Ras Shamra/ Minet el-Beida there are 34 Mycenaean figurines recorded by Leonard, and at Tell Sukas 19; ... '

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Petrovic [2004]: , Probably LHIIIB Late. 'The only figurine that has a find context comes from the area between Complex III (dwelling-houses) and Complex IV, the former being an area of dwelling-houses and the latter an area that later included a temple, a high place and an altar, and was possibly a sacred place in the Bronze Age as well. The Late Bronze Age structures were destroyed around 1170 B.C. A total of 42 Mycenaean vessels were found.'

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', '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, 'Tell Sukas', pg. 254. Online here.