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Leporano/Porto Perone: Acropolis

PK	C6336
TITLE	Leporano∕Porto Perone: Acropolis
WGS84	40.37282° N, 17.307617° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.37282, 17.307617
LON/LAT	17.307617, 40.37282

DMS

40° 22' 22.152" N

17° 18' 27.4212" E

W3W	rich, amending, competitions
UTM	33 T, 695911, 4471694
EGSA87	-68502, 4490405

Elevation m	13
Elevation feet	42.7
Region	Italy
Subregion	Apulia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 257    'At Porto-Perone Saturo (site no. 313), however, seven LH IIIB cup fragments were found together on the floor of building A, in direct association with a variety of local cups and globular vases.'
2.    Sherds.   Taylour [1958, 2010], 138    ' ...; an upper archaeological stratum containing Aegean sherds, ... '
3.    Sherds.   Bettelli [2002], 28    'Sono presenti frammenti relativamente numerosi di ceramica micenea ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 538, 'EARLIEST: LHII - LHIIIA1'

2. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 538, 'EARLIEST: LHII - LHIIIA1'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 257, ' ..., seven LH IIIB cup fragments ... '

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Taylour [1958, 2010]: 139, 'Mycenaean IIIC'
    b.    Bettelli [2002]: 28, ' ... databile al TE IIIC, ... '

5. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Taylour [1958, 2010]: 140, 'Sub-Mycenaean and/or Local Ware'

6. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Taylour [1958, 2010]: 141, 'Geometric and Protocorinthian'

NOTE

1. Additional: Lo Porto, F.G. 1963 "La stazione protostorica di Porto Perone", Notizie Scavi 350, 280-380.

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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., '51. Porto Perone - Satyrion, Leporano (Taranto)', pg. 28. Online here.

2. Taylour [1958, 2010]: Taylour, Lord William. Mycenaean Pottery in Italy and Adjacent Areas. Cambridge University Press. 1958, 2010., 'A. Leporano', pg. 138.

3. 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., '', pg. 257. 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., ''299 Porto Perone - Saturo'', pg. 538. Online here.