Site details

Monte Rovello

PK	C6332
TITLE	Monte Rovello
WGS84	42.175289° N, 11.887374° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	42.175289, 11.887374
LON/LAT	11.887374, 42.175289

DMS

42° 10' 31.0404" N

11° 53' 14.5464" E

W3W	tinting, pharmacists, measure
UTM	32 T, 738373, 4673310
EGSA87	-501338, 4740614

Elevation m	370
Elevation feet	1213.9
Region	Italy
Subregion	Lazio

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Vagnetti (ed.) [1982], 191    ' ... sarebbe stato rinvenuto un frammento miceneo di scadente qualita, ... '
2.    Sherds.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 543
3.    Sherds.   Blake [2008], 11    'Monte Rovello in Latium produced only one Mycenaean sherd, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Vagnetti (ed.) [1982]: 191, ' ..., databile verso la fine del miceneo III B ... '
    b.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 543, 'LHIIIB: YES'

2. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Vagnetti (ed.) [1982]: 191, ' ..., databile verso la fine del miceneo III B o non piu tardi del Miceneo III C maturo.'
    b.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 543, 'LATE: Yes', 'EARLIEST: LHIIIB - LHIIIC'
    c.    Blake [2008]: 11, 'Monte Rovello in Latium produced only one Mycenaean sherd, probably from LH IIIC (mid-twelfth century BCE), from excavations of the entire site ... '

NOTE

1. Location positively identified from the photograph in Toti [1964] 12, Fig. 1.

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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. Toti [1964]: Toti, Odoardo. ‘II. - Allumiere. - L'Abitato "protovillanoviano" di Monte Rovello (1)’, Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità. Serie Ottava, Volume XVIII. pp. 12-28. 1964., 'II. - Allumiere. - L'Abitato "protovillanoviano" di Monte Rovello (1).', pg. 12. Online here.

3. 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., 'Monte Rovello (Allumiere, Roma)', pg. 191. Online here.

4. 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., ''327 Monte Rovello'', pg. 543. Online here.