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Pitane: Kocabaǧlar
| PK | C1476 |
| TITLE | Pitane: Kocabaǧlar |
| WGS84 | 38.953796° N, 26.951374° E |
| Accuracy | 500 m. |
| LAT/LON | 38.953796, 26.951374 |
| LON/LAT | 26.951374, 38.953796 |
| DMS | 38° 57' 13.6656" N | , | 26° 57' 4.9464" E |
| W3W | hopes, distraction, locates |
| UTM | 35 S, 495787, 4311650 |
| EGSA87 | 755607, 4315505 |
| Elevation m | 47 |
| Elevation feet | 154.2 |
| Region | Anatolia |
| Subregion | Aeolis |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. Pottery. Mellink [1963], 189 ' ... the Mycenaean stirrup-jar from Pitane ... ' Professor Mellink, 189 says that the findspot of this jar 'has been determined with some probability as the rocky spur northeast of the site Kocabağlar, 2 km. to the east of Çandarli. The stirrup-jar came from a necropolis ... '2. Pottery. Kelder [2006], 56 ' ... one LH IIIC1 Mycenaean stirrup jar, decorated with an octopus ... '
3. Stirrup-jar. Simpson [1981], 209 'The LH IIIC stirrup-jar from Pitane, which is said to be of Dodecanesian origin, ... is now thought to have come from a necropolis to east of Pitane.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 209, 'EB? LB LH IIIC'
2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Mellink [1963]: 189, ' ... Mycenaean ... '
3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 209, 'EB? LB LH IIIC'
4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 209, 'EB? LB LH IIIC'
b. Kelder [2006]: 56, 'Mee also remarks that a LH IIIC (Attic) stirrup jar allegedly found by Schliemann in Troy may in fact derive from this site too.'
5. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
a. Kelder [2006]: 56, ' ... one LH IIIC1 Mycenaean stirrup jar, decorated with an octopus ... '
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Kelder [2006]: Kelder, Jorrit M.. ‘Mycenaeans in Western Anatolia’, Talanta (36-37), 49-86. 2004-2005., 'Pitane - Çandarli/Kocabağlar', pg. 56.
Online here.
2. Mellink [1963]: Mellink, Machteld J.. ‘Archaeology in Asia Minor’, American Journal of Archaeology (67:2) pp. 173-190. 1963, 'Çandarli-Pitane', pg. 189.
Online here.
3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Pitane (Candarli): Kocaba?lar', pg. 209.
Online here.