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Milena: Tombs

PKC6327
TITLEMilena: Tombs
WGS84 37.496177° N, 13.681939° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 37.496177, 13.681939
LON/LAT 13.681939, 37.496177

DMS 37° 29' 46.2372" N,13° 40' 54.9804" E

W3Wbravest, ushered, rarer
UTM33 S, 383488, 4150733
EGSA87 -413487, 4199996

Elevation m177
Elevation feet 580.7
RegionSicily





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   La Rosa [1982], 127    ' ..., oltre ai frammenti di due vasi micenei assegnati al TM III C 1, od eventualmente al TM III B.'
2.    Sherds.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 541    'Amount: 1'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 541, 'EARLIEST: LHIIIA'

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

3. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    La Rosa [1982]: 127, ' ... vasi micenei assegnati al TM III C 1, od eventualmente al TM III B.', ' ... un'anfora(?) di tipo miceneo, molto mal ridotti (n. 3), che abbiamo proposto di assegnare al TM III B finale, ...'

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

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 541, ? 'LATE: Yes'

NOTE

1.  I do not know the exact location of this site. It is in the Platani river valley near its confluence with the Gallo d'Oro river. The marker fits these criteria. A photo of the tomb entrances is in La Rosa [1982], tav. XLI.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  La Rosa [1982]:  La Rosa, V.. ‘Milena (Agrigento)’, Vagnetti (ed.) [1982] pp. 127-129., 'Milena (Agrigento)', pg. 127. Online here.

2.  Vagnetti (ed.) [1982]:  Vagnetti, Lucia. Magna Grecia e Mondo Miceneo; Nuovi Documenti. XXII Convegno di Studi Sulla Magna Grecia. Taranto 7 - 11 Ottobre 1982. Istituto per la Storia e l'Archeologia della Magna Grecia. Taranto 1982., '', Online here.

3.  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., ''315 Milena'', pg. 541. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6327 is at 37.28675° N, 13.55268° E, a straight-line distance of 25 km and 965 m.