Site details

Portella (Hut F)

PK	C6303
TITLE	Portella (Hut F)
WGS84	38.573881° N, 14.869646° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.573881, 14.869646
LON/LAT	14.869646, 38.573881

DMS

38° 34' 25.9716" N

14° 52' 10.7256" E

W3W	blusher, impersonal, rowing
UTM	33 S, 488645, 4269499
EGSA87	-296234, 4308941

Elevation m	138
Elevation feet	452.8
Region	Aeolian Islands
Subregion	Salina

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Alberti [2011], 3    'One Mycenaean fragmentary vessel was found in hut F.'
2.    Sherds.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 227    'The few Mycenaean vessels, dating to LH IIB-LH IIIA, were found concentrated in cabin F, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Alberti [2011]: 3, 'The settlement was inhabited only during the MBA.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Alberti [2011]: 3, 'One Mycenaean fragmentary vessel ... '

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 541, 'EARLIEST: LHI - LHII'

4. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 541, 'EARLIEST: LHI - LHII'

5. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 541, 'LHIIIA2: Yes'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 541, 'LHIIIB: Yes'

NOTE

1. Additional sources for Portella:

M. Cavalier, Antiquity (31), 9-14. 1957.
Bernabò-Brea, L., M. Cavalier Meligunìs-Lipàra III; Stazioni preistoriche delle isol e Panarea, Salina e Stromboli, Palermo, 1968.
M.C. Martinelli, (ed.) Il villaggio dell'età del bronzo medio di Portella a Salina nelle Isole Eolie, Firenze 2005.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Alberti [2011]: Alberti, Gianmarco. ‘Radiocarbon Evidence from the Middle Bronze Age Settlement at Portella (Aeolian Islands, Italy): Chronological And Archaeological Implications’, Radiocarbon (53:1) 1 - 12, 2011. , '', pg. 3. Online here.

2. van Wijngaarden [1999]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery outside Greece; Contexts of LHI - LHIIIB finds in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy. Amsterdam. 1999., ''317 Salina Portella'', pg. 541. Online here.