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Torre Castellucia

PK	C6339
TITLE	Torre Castellucia
WGS84	40.343151° N, 17.38216° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.343151, 17.38216
LON/LAT	17.38216, 40.343151

DMS

40° 20' 35.3436" N

17° 22' 55.776" E

W3W	educates, madmen, lateral
UTM	33 T, 702329, 4468568
EGSA87	-62415, 4486630

Elevation m	16
Elevation feet	52.5
Region	Italy
Subregion	Apulia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    pottery.   Vagnetti (ed.) [1982], 211    'I piu vecchi rinvenimenti di ceramiche micenee o di tipo miceneo ... '
2.    pottery.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 253    "'From Torre Castelluccia ..., a variety of drinking vessels dating to LH IIIB-LH IIIC have been reported.'"
3.    Pottery.   Taylour [1958, 2010], 144    'Mycenean pottery was discovered in the second level and sub-Mycenean in the one above.'
4.    Pottery.   Bettelli [2002], 27    ' ... strato con ceramica micenea ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 538, 'EARLIEST: LHIIIA'

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 538, 'LHIIIA2: Yes'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 538, 'LHIIIB: Yes'
    b.    Taylour [1958, 2010]: 144, 'Mycenean IIIB or C', '1. ... The vase is probably of III B date.'
    c.    Bettelli [2002]: 27, ' ... ceramica micenea III B, ... '

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Taylour [1958, 2010]: 145, 'Mycenaean III C'
    b.    Bettelli [2002]: 27, 'Presenza di ceramic micenea risalente al TE IIIB e, sopratutto, IIIC.'

5. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Taylour [1958, 2010]: 148, 'Sub-Mycenaean and/or Local Ware'

6. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Taylour [1958, 2010]: 152, 'Geometric and Protocorinthian'

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., '50. Torre Castelluccia, Pulsano (Taranto)', pg. 27. Online here.

2. Taylour [1958, 2010]: Taylour, Lord William. Mycenaean Pottery in Italy and Adjacent Areas. Cambridge University Press. 1958, 2010., 'B. Torre Castelluccia', pg. 144.

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., '5) Torre Castelluccia (Taranto)', pg. 211. 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., ''298 Torre Castellucia'', pg. 538. Online here.