Phocaea: Eski Foça
| PK | C1755 |
| TITLE | Phocaea: Eski Foça |
| WGS84 | 38.668492° N, 26.752583° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 38.668492, 26.752583 |
| LON/LAT | 26.752583, 38.668492 |
| DMS | 38° 40' 6.5712" N | , | 26° 45' 9.2988" E |
| W3W | legwork, garages, beam |
| UTM | 35 S, 478476, 4280019 |
| EGSA87 | 739332, 4283298 |
| Elevation m | 8 |
| Elevation feet | 26.2 |
| Region | Anatolia |
| Subregion | Aeolis |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Hanfmann [1948], 146 ' ...; for Phocaea-Foca, mention is made of "Late Mycenaean" finds, without any illustrations; ... '2. Settlement. Kelder [2006], 57 Mycenaean ceramics and: 'In the pre-Archaic stratum two megaron structures were identified, possibly pointing towards Mycenaean settlement in Mycenaean times.'
3. Sherds. Mee [1978], 143 'Sartiaux ... mentions the discovery of "fragments mycéniens" ... '
4. Sherds. van Wijngaarden [1999], 490 Wijngaarden indicates that one was found.
5. Sherds. Sartiaux [1921], 122 ...: une série de fragments de céramique, ...
6. Sherds. Gür [2015], 11 'Ceramics belonging to early and late phases of LH IIIC were revealed in the filling of an Archaic Athena temple ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Kelder [2006]: 57, '...possibly pointing towards Mycenaean settlement in Mycenaean times.'
b. Mee [1978]: 143, 'Sartiaux ... mentions the discovery of "fragments mycéniens" ... '
c. van Wijngaarden [1999]: 490, Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery
d. Sartiaux [1921]: 122, 'Ils peuvent être classés in six groupes: fragments mycéniens; ... '
2. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Gür [2015]: 11, '...early and late phases of LH IIIC ...','Especially many skyphoi dating to the early phase of LH IIIC were excavated...', 'Apart from that, Mycenaean rim sherds dating to the mid LH IIIC Period were found ...'
NOTES
1. Position taken from Luwian Studies site no. 326. Cf. the Topostext site for classical Phocaea.
2. Our combined source narratives tell the following story:
Early excavations (1920-21) discovered mycenaean sherds but these early finds were disputed, e.g., by Hanfmann [1948] who plainly says (146) 'The earliest Greek pottery from ... Phocaea, ... belongs to the late eighth or early seventh century'. This picture was altered by later excavations which reported undoubted Mycenaean finds which are listed in Gür and Kelder. Finds of early and late phase LHIIIC pottery were made under an archaic Athena temple. Additional finds of Mycenaean rim sherds from the mid LHIIIC period were found under the base of a blacksmith's workshop. In the pre-Archaic stratum two megaron structures were identified. This points, possibly, to Mycenaean settlement.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Gür [2015]: Gür, Baris. ‘An Overview of the Late Helladic IIIC Period in Anatolia’, Talanta (46-47), pp. 7-26, 2014-2015, '', pg. 11.
Online here.
2. Hanfmann [1948]: Hanfmann, George M. A.. ‘Archaeology in Homeric Asia Minor’, American Journal of Archaeology (52:1) 135-155. 1948., '', pg. 145.
Online here.
3. Kelder [2006]: Kelder, Jorrit M.. ‘Mycenaeans in Western Anatolia’, Talanta (36-37), 49-86. 2004-2005., 'Phocaea-Eski Foça', pg. 56.
Online here.
4. Mee [1978]: Mee, Christopher. ‘Aegean Trade and Settlement in Anatolia in the Second Millennium B.C.’, Anatolian Studies (28) 121 - 156. 1978., 'Phocaia - Eski Foça', pg. 143.
Online here.
5. Sartiaux [1921]: Sartiaux, Felix. ‘Nouvelles recherches sur le site de Phocée’, Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (65:2) 119-129, 1921., 'II. - Recherches sur le Promontoire', pg. 122.
Online here.
6. van Wijngaarden [1999]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery outside Greece; Contexts of LHI - LHIIIB finds in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy. Amsterdam. 1999., '8 Phocaia (Eski Foca)', pg. 490.
Online here.