Site details

Otranto

PK	C6334
TITLE	Otranto
WGS84	40.145587° N, 18.492656° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	40.145587, 18.492656
LON/LAT	18.492656, 40.145587

DMS

40° 8' 44.1132" N

18° 29' 33.5616" E

W3W	airline, deceits, shiny
UTM	34 T, 286417, 4446930
EGSA87	30620, 4458193

Elevation m	16
Elevation feet	52.5
Region	Italy
Subregion	Apulia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Cremonesi [1982], 57    '1. Frammento di vaso di forma aperta.'
2.    Sherds.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 538
3.    Sherds.   Bettelli [2002], 26    ' ... materiali ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Cremonesi [1982]: 57, 'Miceneo III B-C (tav. X,1).'
    b.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 538, 'EARLIEST: LHIIIB'

2. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Bettelli [2002]: 26, ' ... e micenei TE IIIB2 e IIIC.'

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Cremonesi [1982]: 57, 'Miceneo III B-C (tav. X,1).'
    b.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 538, 'LATE: Yes'
    c.    Bettelli [2002]: 26, ' ... e micenei TE IIIB2 e IIIC.'

NOTE

1. G. Cremonesi in Vagnetti [1982] 55 says of the location (my translation): "The excavation directed by Dr. S. Bianco was made in the square along the side of the church in an area affected in part by two septic tanks (pozzi neri) underlying remains of houses of the last century, in part by walls and tombs of Byzantine age." The church is San Pietro.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Bettelli [2002]: Bettelli, Marco. Italia meridionale e mondo miceneo. Ricerche su dinamiche di acculturazione e aspetti archeologici, con particolare riferimento ai versanti adriatico e ionico della penisola italiana. No. 5 in Grandi Contesti e Problemi della Protostoria italiana. All'Insegna del Giglio, Firenze, Italia. 2002., '41. Otranto (Lecce)', pg. 26. Online here.

2. Cremonesi [1982]: Cremonesi, G.. ‘Otranto (Lecce)’, Vagnetti [1982] 55-57., '', 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., '', 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., ''294 Otranto'', pg. 538. Online here.