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Miletus

PK	C1487
TITLE	Miletus
WGS84	37.530631° N, 27.275862° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.530631, 27.275862
LON/LAT	27.275862, 37.530631

DMS

37° 31' 50.2716" N

27° 16' 33.1032" E

W3W	experimental, assignments, strategists
UTM	35 S, 524374, 4153775
EGSA87	789329, 4158496

Elevation m	13
Elevation feet	42.7
Region	Anatolia
Subregion	Caria

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Desborough [1964/2007], 162
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 207    'If the evidence of the pottery finds is a reliable guide, at Miletus a Minoan settlement in MMIII and LM IA was succeeded by a Mycenaean settlement in LH II-IIIC, centered on the peninsula to south of Theatre bay.'
3.    Settlement.   Kelder [2006], 61    '...Miletus without a doubt was the major centre of the Mycenaeans in Anatolia.'
4.    Settlement.   Luwian Studies [nd],     'Milet V (c. 1450-1300 BCE) exhibited a pronounced Mycenaean character.',

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 207,  Size: 6750 sq. m.  '... enclosing an area roughly 450 m. by 150 m. (author's calculations).'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'MMM III LM I LH I-IIIC SMyc PG G A C H'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Kelder [2006]: 61, 'Miletus without a doubt was the major centre of the Mycenaeans in Anatolia.'
    b.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'The architecture of regular buildings as well as the whole material culture appears to have been Mycenaean.', http://luwianstudies.org/sites/milet/

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'MMM III LM I LH I-IIIC SMyc PG G A C H'

4. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'MMM III LM I LH I-IIIC SMyc PG G A C H'

5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'MMM III LM I LH I-IIIC SMyc PG G A C H'

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'MMM III LM I LH I-IIIC SMyc PG G A C H'
    b.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Decorated LH IIIA ware and even undecorated pottery is Mycenaean.', http://luwianstudies.org/sites/milet/

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'MMM III LM I LH I-IIIC SMyc PG G A C H'
    b.    Desborough [1964/2007]: 162,

8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'MMM III LM I LH I-IIIC SMyc PG G A C H'
    b.    Desborough [1964/2007]: 162,

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. , '3. The Aegean Islands and the West Coast of Asia Minor', pg. 158.

2. Kelder [2006]: Kelder, Jorrit M.. ‘Mycenaeans in Western Anatolia’, Talanta (36-37), 49-86. 2004-2005., 'Miletus', pg. 61. Online here.

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

4. Luwian Studies [nd]: Zangger, Eberhard. , 'Milet', Online here. Online here.