Site details

Kadikalesi

PK	C5046
TITLE	Kadikalesi
WGS84	37.791729° N, 27.270687° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.791729, 27.270687
LON/LAT	27.270687, 37.791729

DMS

37° 47' 30.2244" N

27° 16' 14.4732" E

W3W	giggling, rotations, enlivening
UTM	35 S, 523833, 4182742
EGSA87	787860, 4187460

Elevation m	17
Elevation feet	55.8
Region	Anatolia
Subregion	Ionia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Luwian Studies [nd],     'The settlement is being excavated since 2001.'
2.    Sherds.   Gür [2015], 13    '...materials related to the LH IIIC period in western Anatolia. The ceramics classified in two groups as local and imported ceramics...', 'The piece of a head belonging to a Mycenaean figurine, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Neolithic: (4500 BC - 3100 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , ' ... a habitation from the late Chaloclithic ... '

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'The Middle and Late Bronze Age are represented by the typical Anatolian Gray and Gold Wash Ware.'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Mycenaean pottery was also retrieved. Accrding to Engin Akdeniz, however, these are to a large extent local imitations.'

4. Troy VI: (1700 BC - 1300 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'A similar material culture is known from Troia VI-VII, ... '

5. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'The Middle and Late Bronze Age are represented by the typical Anatolian Gray and Gold Wash Ware.'

6. Troy VII: (1300 BC - 950 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'A similar material culture is known from Troia VI-VII, ... '

7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Gür [2015]: 13, '...materials related to the LH IIIC period in western Anatolia.', 'Figurines of this type, dating to the LH IIIC period, were revealed in Troy and Miletus ...'

NOTE

1. The description in Luwian Studies: https://luwianstudies.org/site/kadikalesi/

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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. 13. Online here.

2. Luwian Studies [nd]: Zangger, Eberhard. , ''Kadıkalesi-Anaia; Number: 55'', Online here.