Torre Santa Sabina: Tumulus
| PK | C6342 |
| TITLE | Torre Santa Sabina: Tumulus |
| WGS84 | 40.755° N, 17.706° E |
| Accuracy | Unknown |
| LAT/LON | 40.755, 17.706 |
| LON/LAT | 17.706, 40.755 |
| DMS | 40° 45' 18" N | , | 17° 42' 21.6" E |
| W3W | anchorman, deluged, glassy |
| UTM | 33 T, 727520, 4515031 |
| EGSA87 | -32517, 4530413 |
| Elevation m | 6 |
| Elevation feet | 19.7 |
| Region | Italy |
| Subregion | Apulia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Cem. Onnis [2012], 493 'The Torre S. Sabina funerary tumulus in the district of Brindisi ... '2. Cem. van Wijngaarden [2002], 252 ' ... the tumulus at Torre Santa Sabina (site no. 305) ... '
3. Pottery. van Wijngaarden [1999], 353 ' The extraordinary repertoire of Mycenaean (and Cypriot) vessels ... from grave 12 in the tumulus at Torre Santa Sabina (site no. 291), ... '
4. Pottery. Bettelli [2002], 24 ' ... il grande tumulo con inumazioni dell'eta del bronzo, una delle quali ha restituito ceramica micenea ... '
5. Pottery. Brea et al. [1989], 207 ' ... un vaso Miceneo IIIB, in una delle tombe del tumulo di Santa Sabina di Carovigno ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Onnis [2012]: 495, 'L. Vagnetti (1998, p. 274) has performed the latest analysis of the Mycenaean pottery of this grave (1 cup, 1 matt-painted jug and 1 alabastron) and she judges them to be LH IIIA.'
b. Bettelli [2002]: 24, ' ... ceramica micenea TE IIIA.'
2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. van Wijngaarden [2002]: 259, '(Grave 12 in the tumulus, RHC) was somewhat larger than the others and one of the few with a small bench on which the head of the dead had been placed. It yielded a LH IIIA2 cup and a LH IIIA2-LH IIIB alabastron.'
3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. van Wijngaarden [1999]: 537, 'EARLIEST: LHIIIB'
b. Brea et al. [1989]: 207, ' ... un vaso Miceneo IIIB, in una delle tombe del tumulo ... '
4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. van Wijngaarden [1999]: 537, ? 'LATE: Yes'
b. Bettelli [2002]: 24, About two structures found in 1990: 'È stato rinvenuto un consistente insieme di ceramica micenea, databile al TE IIIC.'
NOTES
1. The Vagnetti [1998] work referred to (I have not seen it) is Vagnetti L. 1998, 'Le relazioni fra il versante adriatico pugliese e l'area egea alla luce delle ricerche recenti', in A. Cinquepalmi, F. Radina (eds), Documenti dell'età del Bronzo. Ricerche lungo il versante adriatico pugliese, Fasano, p. 273-276. Also F. G. Lo Porto: 'Sepolcreto tardo-appenninico con ceramica micenea a S. Sabina presso Brindisi' in Bolletino d'Arte (48) 123-130. 1963
2. This marker was placed following the position given for Torre Santa Sabina in Social Networks and Regional Identity in Bronze Age Italy by Emma Blake, Cambridge, 2014, (ISBN: 978-1107063204), Appendix, p. 292.
3. For Santa Sabina (the settlement) cf. C6341
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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., '31. Torre S. Sabina, Carovigno (Brindisi)', pg. 24.
Online here.
2. Borgna and Celka (eds.) [2012]: Borgna, Elisabetta and Sylvie Müller Celka. Ancestral Landscape. Burial mounds in the Copper and Bronze Ages. Proceedings of the International Conference held in Udine, May 15th-18th 2008, Travaux de la Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen ; 58. Lyon, 2012, '', Online here.
3. Brea et al. [1989]: Brea, Bernabo and I Biddittu, P.F. Cassoli, M. Cavalier, S. Scali, A. Tagliacozza, L. Vagnetti. La Grotta Cardini (Praia a Mare - Cosenza) Giacimento del Bronzo. Memorie dell'istituto italiano di paleontologia umana. Nuova Serie no. 4. Rome 1989., ''Strato Superiore'', pg. 206.
4. Onnis [2012]: Onnis, Elisabetta. ‘The Torre S. Sabina Tumulus (Brindisi, Italy) in the Context of Transmarine Relations during the 14th c. B.C.’, Borgna and Celka edd. [2012], pp. 493 - 502, '', pg. 493.
Online here.
5. 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., ''291 Torre Santa Sabina (Carovigno)'', pg. 537.
Online here.
6. 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., '305 Torre Santa Sabina (Carovigno)', pg. 329.
Online here.