Site details

Tell Bir el-Gharbi

PK	C6470
TITLE	Tell Bir el–Gharbi
WGS84	32.901158° N, 35.169247° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	32.901158, 35.169247
LON/LAT	35.169247, 32.901158

DMS

32° 54' 4.1688" N

35° 10' 9.2892" E

W3W	figments, topics, dynasties
UTM	36 S, 703273, 3642644
EGSA87	1547486, 3696179

Elevation m	45
Elevation feet	147.6
Region	Levant

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 515    'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'
2.    Pottery.   IEJ Notes [1962], 143    '... Late Mycenaean pottery, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 515, 'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'

2. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    IEJ Notes [1962]: 143, '... Late Mycenaean pottery, ...'

NOTES

1. I am indebted to Grootkerk [2000] 170 for the following name equivalences for Tel Gharbi: Bir el Gharbi, Bir el Hurubbeh, Tel Berouch E'bron, Tel Bir el Gharbi, Tel Bira, Tell el Bir el Gharbi, Tell el Gharby

2. Position taken from the Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Grootkerk [2000]: Grootkerk, Salomon E.. Ancient Sites in Galilee: A Toponymic Gazetteer. Series Culture and History of the Ancient Near East. Brill. Leiden., '',

2. IEJ Notes [1962]: No author given. ‘Notes and News. Archaeology: Excavations. Tell Bir el-Gharbi (Yas#039;ur)’, Israel Exploration Journal (12:2) 143-159. 1962, ''Tell Bir el-Gharbi (Yas'ur)'', pg. 143. Online here.

3. 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., ''161 Tell Bir el-Gharbi'', pg. 515. Online here.