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Torre Santa Sabina: Tumulus

PKC6342
TITLETorre 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

W3Wanchorman, deluged, glassy
UTM33 T, 727520, 4515031
EGSA87 -32517, 4530413

Elevation m6
Elevation feet 19.7
RegionItaly
SubregionApulia





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.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6342 is at 40.75688° N, 17.70604° E, a straight-line distance of 209.5 m.