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Mycenae: Postern Gate

PKC6602
TITLEMycenae: Postern Gate
WGS84 37.73076977° N, 22.75851016° E
Accuracy 10 m.

LAT/LON 37.73076977, 22.75851016
LON/LAT 22.75851016, 37.73076977

DMS 37° 43' 50.7712" N,22° 45' 30.6366" E

W3Wcardigans, microbe, lazing
UTM34 S, 654961, 4177400
EGSA87 390452, 4176382

Elevation m258
Elevation feet 846.5
RegionArgolid





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Gate

TYPE

1.    Gate.   Iakovidis et al. [2003], 13    'This gate was constructed in the second phase of the fortification of the Citadel ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 10, 'In the middle of the 13th century BC, the fortified area of the Citadel was extended ... and the defences strengthened by the construction of the W Cyclopean wall and the two gates.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Iakovidis et al. [2003]:  Iakovidis, Spyros, and Elizabeth B. French, Kim Shelton, Charalambos Ioannides, Anton Jansen, John Lavery. Archaeological Atlas of Mycenae. The Archaeological Society at Athens Library, no. 229. 2003., 'The North (or Postern) Gate', pg. 13.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6602 is at 37.59085° N, 22.77148° E, a straight-line distance of 15 km and 618 m.