Site details

Matrensa/Milocca

PK	C6328
TITLE	Matrensa∕Milocca
WGS84	37.021523° N, 15.267996° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	37.021523, 15.267996
LON/LAT	15.267996, 37.021523

DMS

37° 1' 17.4828" N

15° 16' 4.7856" E

W3W	reverb, iceman, downturn
UTM	33 S, 523839, 4097294
EGSA87	-277700, 4132804

Elevation m	14
Elevation feet	45.9
Region	Sicily

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Tanasi [2008], 26    ' ... anche alcuni vasi micenei ... '
2.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 540

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Tanasi [2008]: 26, ' ... alcuni vasi micenei del TE IIIA ... '
    b.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 540, 'EARLIEST: LHIIIA'

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 540, 'LHIIIA2: Yes'

NOTE

1. The site is located near the 17th century tower of Milocca. As Tanasi [2008] 26 says ' ..., detta anche di Milocca dal nome di una vicina torre settecentesca, ... ' The tower is at F4755.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Tanasi [2008]: Tanasi, Davide. La Sicilia e l'arcipelago maltese nell'eta del Bronzo Media. KASA (Koine Archeologica Sapiente Antichita), Book 3. 2008., '4.1.4. Matrensa', pg. 26. 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., ''311 Matrensa-Milocca'', pg. 540. Online here.