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Cnidus

PKC1494
TITLECnidus
WGS84 36.685937° N, 27.37447° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 36.685937, 27.37447
LON/LAT 27.37447, 36.685937

DMS 36° 41' 9.3732" N,27° 22' 28.092" E

W3Wgeraniums, fleshly, crisps
UTM35 S, 533455, 4060099
EGSA87 801380, 4065053

Elevation m4
Elevation feet 13.1
RegionAnatolia
SubregionCaria





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 207    'It has been reported that some sherds from Cnidus were identified as Mycenaean by Akurgal. Further confirmation appears needed.'
2.    Sherds.   Kelder [2006], 63    'Love (1969, 18) reports some sherds from the 1968 excavations at Knidos, but provides no additional data.'
3.    Sherds.   Mee [1978], 132    'The 1968 excavations at Knidos produced a number of sherds ... '
4.    Sherds.   Love [1969], 18    ' ... as well as several sherds which have been identified as Mycenaean by Professor Ekrem Akurgal.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'MM LM I LH? A C H'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'MM LM I LH? A C H'
    b.    Mee [1978]: 132, ' ... which have been identified as Mycenaean by Akurgal ... '
    c.    Love [1969]: 18, ' ... identified as Mycenaean by Professor Ekrem Akurgal.'

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'MM LM I LH? A C H'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Kelder [2006]:  Kelder, Jorrit M.. ‘Mycenaeans in Western Anatolia’, Talanta (36-37), 49-86. 2004-2005., 'Knidos', pg. 63. Online here.

2.  Love [1969]:  Love, Iris Cornelia. ‘Knidos, 1968’, Anatolian Studies (19), 16 - 18. 1969., '', pg. 18. Online here.

3.  Mee [1978]:  Mee, Christopher. ‘Aegean Trade and Settlement in Anatolia in the Second Millennium B.C.’, Anatolian Studies (28) 121 - 156. 1978., ''Knidos - Kinidos'', pg. 132. Online here.

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

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1494 is at 36.68568° N, 27.37442° E, a straight-line distance of 28.7 m.