Site details

Pergamon

PK	C6165
TITLE	Pergamon
WGS84	39.132017° N, 27.18425° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.132017, 27.18425
LON/LAT	27.18425, 39.132017

DMS

39° 7' 55.2612" N

27° 11' 3.3" E

W3W	sliders, flagged, shunts
UTM	35 S, 515925, 4331443
EGSA87	775099, 4335969

Elevation m	317
Elevation feet	1040
Region	Anatolia
Subregion	Aeolis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    settlement.   Luwian Studies [nd],     'The outline of the settlement during the 2nd mill. BCE remains unclear. According to Dieter Hertel Acropolis, the acropolis was well populated and may have exceeded the citadel of Troy VI in size.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Periods: A, BYZ, C, HL, IP, LBA, MBA, R', ' ... the first building phase of the wall dates back to the Middle Bronze Age (probably 2000 and 1500/1400 BCE).', ' ... dass Pergamon schon in der mittleren/späten Bronzezeit eine befestigte Siedlung von beträchtlicher Größe und der Zentralort wenigstens des mittleren Kaikostales gewesen sein dürfte ... '

2. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Periods: A, BYZ, C, HL, IP, LBA, MBA, R', ' ... dass Pergamon schon in der mittleren/späten Bronzezeit eine befestigte Siedlung von beträchtlicher Größe und der Zentralort wenigstens des mittleren Kaikostales gewesen sein dürfte ... '

3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Periods: A, BYZ, C, HL, IP, LBA, MBA, R'

NOTES

1. Zangger remarks (op. cit.) "Original or imitated Mycenaean vessels were not found in Pergamon."

2. Position from Luwian Studies site here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Luwian Studies [nd]: Zangger, Eberhard. , 'Pergamon; Number: 102', Online here.