Site details
Oria: San Cosimo
| PK | C6367 |
| TITLE | Oria: San Cosimo |
| WGS84 | 40.459861° N, 17.674174° E |
| Accuracy | Unknown |
| LAT/LON | 40.459861, 17.674174 |
| LON/LAT | 17.674174, 40.459861 |
| DMS | 40° 27' 35.4996" N | , | 17° 40' 27.0264" E |
| W3W | short, deems, decided |
| UTM | 33 T, 726741, 4482234 |
| EGSA87 | -36656, 4497774 |
| Elevation m | 87 |
| Elevation feet | 285.4 |
| Region | Italy |
| Subregion | Apulia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. Pottery. Taylour [1958, 2010], 169 'Two stirrup-jars are said to have been found in a tomb near the ruined village of San Cosimo, ... '2. Pottery. Bettelli [2002], 25 'Dalla zona di Oria (S. Cosimo) provengono due anforette a staffa integre, conservate al museo del Louvre, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Taylour [1958, 2010]: 169, 'Mycenean III B'
b. Bettelli [2002]: 25, ' ..., databili al TE IIIB e verosimilmente provenienti da contesti funebri.'
NOTES
1. Assuming that the 'ruined village of San Cosimo' was in what is now the Frazione San Cosimo which includes the Santuario Santo Cosimo alla Macchia.
2. The most detailed description of these vessels is in Taylour [1958] 169.
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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., '38. Oria (Brindisi)', pg. 25.
Online here.
2. Taylour [1958, 2010]: Taylour, Lord William. Mycenaean Pottery in Italy and Adjacent Areas. Cambridge University Press. 1958, 2010., 'Appendix B; San Cosimo', pg. 169.