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Capo Piccolo

PKC6313
TITLECapo Piccolo
WGS84 38.91293° N, 17.075179° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 38.91293, 17.075179
LON/LAT 17.075179, 38.91293

DMS 38° 54' 46.548" N,17° 4' 30.6444" E

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UTM33 S, 679922, 4309162
EGSA87 -100828, 4329689

Elevation m14
Elevation feet 45.9
RegionItaly
SubregionCalabria





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Blake [2008], 4    
2.    Sherds.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 254    'A fragment dating to LH II from Capo Piccolo ... also came from a domestic context.'
3.    Sherds.   Bettelli [2002], 32    'Sono presenti almeno tre frammenti di ceramica micenea, ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Blake [2008]: 4, 'By 1600 to 1445 BCE or so (LH I - II), the Mycenaean imports are primarily from ..., and Capo Piccolo in Calabria ... '
    b.    Bettelli [2002]: 32, ' ..., uno dei quali sicuramente importato, forse dal Peloponneso, e databile al TE I - II.'

2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Blake [2008]: 4, 'By 1600 to 1445 BCE or so (LH I - II), the Mycenaean imports are primarily from ..., and Capo Piccolo in Calabria ... '
    b.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 254, 'A fragment dating to LH II from Capo Piccolo ... also came from a domestic context.'
    c.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 11, 'In the Italian region, analyses of LH I-II vessels from ... Capo Piccolo (site no. 320) pointed to an origin in the southern Peloponnese or Kythera.'
    d.    Bettelli [2002]: 32, ' ..., uno dei quali sicuramente importato, forse dal Peloponneso, e databile al TE I - II.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Bettelli [2002]:  Bettelli, Marco. Italia meridionale e mondo miceneo. Ricerche su dinamiche di acculturazione e aspetti archeologici, con particolare riferimento ai versanti adriatico e ionico della penisola italiana. No. 5 in Grandi Contesti e Problemi della Protostoria italiana. All'Insegna del Giglio, Firenze, Italia. 2002., '75. Capo Piccolo, Crotone', pg. 32. Online here.

2.  Blake [2008]:  Blake, Emma. ‘The Mycenaeans in Italy: A Minimalist Position’, Papers of the British School at Rome, lxxvi, 1-34, 2008., '', pg. 4. Online here.

3.  van Wijngaarden [2002]:  van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy (ca. 1600 - 1200 BC). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and Amsterdam University Press. 2002., '', pg. 254. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6313 is at 38.91274° N, 17.07444° E, a straight-line distance of 67.3 m.