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Antandros

PKC6221
TITLEAntandros
WGS84 39.574719° N, 26.78955° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 39.574719, 26.78955
LON/LAT 26.78955, 39.574719

DMS 39° 34' 28.9884" N,26° 47' 22.38" E

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UTM35 S, 481925, 4380578
EGSA87 739456, 4383988

Elevation m223
Elevation feet 731.6
RegionAnatolia
SubregionTroad





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Cook [1973], 268    'Kiepert climbed the hill with Fabricius in 1888 and saw enough remains of marble and pottery to confirm that it was the ancient city site.' And see Cook [1973] 268, n. 6.


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Periods: A, C, HL, IA, LBA, R'

2. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Cook [1973]: , ? In Herodotus (vii, 42) and Alcaeus (in Strabo xiii, 606) it is spoken of as Pelasgian.
    b.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Periods: A, C, HL, IA, LBA, R'

NOTE

1.  Position given is the peak (See Cook [1973] 269). The lower city and visible dig is lower down on the S side at 39.571699 N, 26.786133 E.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Cook [1973]:  Cook, J.M.. The Troad; An Archaeological and Topographical Study. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. 1973, '7. Antandrus', pg. 267.

2.  Luwian Studies [nd]:  Zangger, Eberhard. , 'Antandros; Number 131', Online here. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6221 is at 39.5701° N, 26.78849° E, a straight-line distance of 522 m.