Site details

Latakia: Ramitha

PK	C6437
TITLE	Latakia: Ramitha
WGS84	35.583254° N, 35.7295° E
Accuracy	500 m.

LAT/LON	35.583254, 35.7295
LON/LAT	35.7295, 35.583254

DMS

35° 34' 59.7144" N

35° 43' 46.2" E

W3W	selling, motored, torn
UTM	36 S, 747322, 3941156
EGSA87	1564931, 4001396

Elevation m	10
Elevation feet	32.8
Region	Levant

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 510    'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'
2.    Sherds.   Hankey [1967], 113    'Mycenaean sherds were found on a little tell at Ramitha near the harbour of Lattakie, in an area being developed.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Hankey [1967]: 113, 'Mycenaean sherds ... '

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 510, 'EARLIEST: LHIIIA - LHIIIB'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 510, 'LHIIIA2: Yes'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 510, 'LHIIIB: Yes'

NOTE

1. The marked area of Latakia is Ramitha. There was formerly a small tell in an area that was to be developed. The mark is on a developed area of Ramitha; the tell has been destroyed by bulldozers.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hankey [1967]: Hankey, Vronwy. ‘Mycenaean Pottery in the Middle East: Note on Finds since 1951’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (62) 107-147. 1967., ''6. Lattakie'', pg. 113. Online here.

2. van Wijngaarden [1999]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery outside Greece; Contexts of LHI - LHIIIB finds in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy. Amsterdam. 1999., ''131 Lattakia (Ramitha)'', pg. 510. Online here.