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Thapsos: Cemeteries

PK	C6305
TITLE	Thapsos: Cemeteries
WGS84	37.158675° N, 15.2317457° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.158675, 15.2317457
LON/LAT	15.2317457, 37.158675

DMS

37° 9' 31.23" N

15° 13' 54.2845" E

W3W	service, waxed, glacier
UTM	33 S, 520577, 4112500
EGSA87	-279515, 4148368

Elevation m	2
Elevation feet	6.6
Region	Sicily

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 226    'Most tombs have been found near the lighthouse along the northern and the north-eastern coasts,'
2.    Pottery.   Blake [2008], 11    'At the necropolis of Thapsos on Sicily, consisting of rock-cut chamber-tombs, Aegean pottery has been found in 21 of the 51 published tombs ... '
3.    Sherds.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 232    'Mycenaean pottery, ... , was relatively widely distributed in the necropolis of Thapsos.'
4.    Sherds.   Leighton [1999], 150    'A few Mycenaean sherds (LH IIIA:1 - IIIC) are reported from the habitation zone, ... '
5.    Sherds.   Tanasi [2008], 24    ' ..., materiali micenei ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Tanasi [2008]: 24, ' ..., materiali micenei (TE IIIA-B), ... '

2. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 233, 'Stylistically, these vessels range from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIA2-LH IIIB.', And see fn. 25 on this page.

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 233, 'Stylistically, these vessels range from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIA2-LH IIIB.', And see fn. 25 on this page.

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 233, 'Stylistically, these vessels range from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIA2-LH IIIB.', And see fn. 25 on this page.
    b.    Tanasi [2008]: 24, ' ..., materiali micenei (TE IIIA-B), ... '

NOTES

1.  Most of the cemeteries on Thapsos range along the northern shore but they are also to be found elsewhere on the peninsula. The Bronze Age settlement is at F2576.

2.  In Blake [2008] see also fn. 26 on p. 11.

3.  See the discussion of Thapsos during the BA in Leighton [1999] 150-154.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Blake [2008]: Blake, Emma. ‘The Mycenaeans in Italy: A Minimalist Position’, Papers of the British School at Rome, lxxvi, 1-34, 2008., '', pg. 11. Online here.

2. Leighton [1999]: Leighton, Robert. Sicily before History; An Archaeological Survey from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. 1999., '', pg. 11. Online here.

3. Tanasi [2008]: Tanasi, Davide. La Sicilia e l'arcipelago maltese nell'eta del Bronzo Media. KASA (Koine Archeologica Sapiente Antichita), Book 3. 2008., '4.1.1. Thapsos', pg. 23. Online here.

4. 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., '16 Thapsos; Introduction', pg. 229. Online here.