Site details

Bakla Tepe

PK	C1757
TITLE	Bakla Tepe
WGS84	38.16472° N, 27.144945° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.16472, 27.144945
LON/LAT	27.144945, 38.16472

DMS

38° 9' 52.992" N

27° 8' 41.802" E

W3W	copiers, burners, squids
UTM	35 S, 512697, 4224101
EGSA87	775385, 4228479

Elevation m	59
Elevation feet	193.6
Region	Anatolia
Subregion	Ionia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Kelder [2006], 58    'At nearby Bakla Tepe, a LH IIIB cup of the 13th century was found in a grave cut into a mound.'
2.    Cem.   Mitchell [1999], 147    'On the highest point of the mound is a LBA room grave, containing about 20 pots of local origin, an ivory appliqué rosette ornament and a LH IIIB cup of the 13th Ct ...'
3.    Settlement.   Ivanova [2008], 275    A fortified settlement in EBI and EBII

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age I: (3300 BC - 3000 BC)
    a.    Ivanova [2008]: 275, ' ..., FBI-Nekropole und Siedlung (ca .3000-2600 v, Chr.), ... '

2. Early Bronze Age II: (3000 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Ivanova [2008]: 275, ' ..., FBII-Nekropole und Siedlung (ca. 2600-2200 v. Chr.) .'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Mitchell [1999]: 147, '...and a LH IIIB cup of the 13th Ct ...'
    b.    Kelder [2006]: 58, '...a LH IIIB cup of the 13th century...'

NOTES

1. The 'Bakla Tepe' of Mitchell and Kelder is definitely the same as site 59, Bakla Tepe, of the Luwian Studies site: http://luwianstudies.org/sites/bakla-tepe/ from which the lat/lon pair was derived.

2. For details see Ivanova [2008] 275, '7. Bakla Tepe'.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ivanova [2008]: Ivanova, Maria. Befestigte Siedlungen auf dem Balkan, in der Agäis und in Westanatolien, ca. 5000-2000 v. Chr.. Waxmann 2008. Münster / New York / München / Berlin, '7. Bakla Tepe', pg. 275. Online here.

2. Kelder [2006]: Kelder, Jorrit M.. ‘Mycenaeans in Western Anatolia’, Talanta (36-37), 49-86. 2004-2005., 'Bakla Tepe', pg. 58. Online here.

3. Mitchell [1999]: Mitchell, Stephen. ‘Archaeology in Asia Minor 1990-98’, Archaeological Reports, No. 45 (1998 - 1999), pp. 125-192, 'Bakla Tepe', pg. 147. Online here.