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Punta le Terrare (or delle Terrare)

PK	C6354
TITLE	Punta le Terrare (or delle Terrare)
WGS84	40.644316° N, 17.958497° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.644316, 17.958497
LON/LAT	17.958497, 40.644316

DMS

40° 38' 39.5376" N

17° 57' 30.5892" E

W3W	airports, mopped, risen
UTM	33 T, 750164, 4503483
EGSA87	-11118, 4516570

Elevation m	6
Elevation feet	19.7
Region	Italy
Subregion	Apulia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 252    'The earliest Mycenaean finds at Punta le Terrare (site no. 306) ... '
2.    Pottery.   Bettelli [2002], 25    ' ..., associati con ceramica micenea ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 252, 'The earliest Mycenaean finds at Punta le Terrare (site no. 306) date to LH II-LH IIIA1 and include several storage jars, whereas a LH II-LH IIIA1 cup has also been reported.'
    b.    Bettelli [2002]: 25, ' ..., associati con ceramica micenea II - III, ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Bettelli [2002]: 25, ' ..., associati con ceramica micenea II - III, ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Bettelli [2002]: 25, ' ..., e da livelli medi e superiori appenninici, associati a ceramica micenea IIIA e, forse, IIIB.'

4. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 252, 'The earliest Mycenaean finds at Punta le Terrare (site no. 306) date to LH II-LH IIIA1 and include several storage jars, whereas a LH II-LH IIIA1 cup has also been reported.'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Bettelli [2002]: 25, ' ..., e da livelli medi e superiori appenninici, associati a ceramica micenea IIIA e, forse, IIIB.'

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., '35. Punta Le Terrare', pg. 25. Online here.

2. 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. 252. Online here.