Site details

Mylasa (Milasi)

PK	C1486
TITLE	Mylasa (Milasi)
WGS84	37.316667° N, 27.783333° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	37.316667, 27.783333
LON/LAT	27.783333, 37.316667

DMS

37° 19' 0.0012" N

27° 46' 59.9988" E

W3W	hardly, trade, extremes
UTM	35 S, 569408, 4130290
EGSA87	835143, 4136430

Elevation m	53
Elevation feet	173.9
Region	Anatolia
Subregion	Caria

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Simpson [1981], 207    'A piriform jar from Mylasa ... is ascribed to LH IIIB by Stubbings and Desborough.'
2.    Sherds.   Kelder [2006], 62    'Mee (1978, 142) reports a LH IIIA2 jug from Mylasa, decorated with stemmed spirals, while Mellink (1967, 164) mentions a LH pyxis from the vicinity of Mylasa. Hanfmann (1948, 140) notes Mycenaean finds at Mylasa during the Swedish excavations of professor Axel Persson,'
3.    Sherds.   Desborough [1964/2007], 161    '...as well as the stray piriform jar, recent excavations by the Swedes have uncovered LH. III pottery on this spot - but of what phase is yet unknown.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Kelder [2006]: 62, 'The material was reported to be LH II and LH III (Hanfmann 1948, 145)'

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Kelder [2006]: 62, 'The material was reported to be LH II and LH III (Hanfmann 1948, 145)'
    b.    Desborough [1964/2007]: 162, '...recent excavations by the Swedes have uncovered LH. III pottery on this spot...'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Kelder [2006]: 62, '...reports a LH IIIA2 jug from Mylasa...'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'LH IIIB C H'

NOTE

1. Cf. C1764 and http://luwianstudies.org/sites/milas-pilav-tepe/

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Desborough [1964/2007]: Desborough, V.R.d'A.. The Last Mycenaeans and Their Successors: An Archaeological Survey, c. 1200 - c. 1000 B.C.. Wipf & Stock, 2007. Originally published in 1964 by Oxford University Press. , '', pg. 161.

2. Kelder [2006]: Kelder, Jorrit M.. ‘Mycenaeans in Western Anatolia’, Talanta (36-37), 49-86. 2004-2005., 'Mylasa - Milas', pg. 62. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Mylasa (Milâs)', pg. 207. Online here.