Site details

Tell Dothan

PK	C6477
TITLE	Tell Dothan
WGS84	32.412911° N, 35.238666° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	32.412911, 35.238666
LON/LAT	35.238666, 32.412911

DMS

32° 24' 46.4796" N

35° 14' 19.1976" E

W3W	rolling, healthfully, vineyard
UTM	36 S, 710524, 3588410
EGSA87	1559510, 3642060

Elevation m	314
Elevation feet	1030.2
Region	Levant

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Free [1960], 11    ' ... based on Cypriote and Mycenaean ware, ... ', stirrup cups, etc.
2.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 518    'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Free [1960]: 11, 'Level 4: dated to Late Bronze IIA (1400 - 1300 B.C.) based on Cypriote and Mycenaean ware, ... '

2. Late Bronze IIA: (1400 BC - 1300 BC)
    a.    Free [1960]: 11, 'Level 4: dated to Late Bronze IIA (1400 - 1300 B.C.) based on Cypriote and Mycenaean ware, ... '

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Free [1960]: 11, 'Level 3: dated to Late Bronze IIB (1300 - 1200 B.C.), based on the continued use of Cypriote and Mycenaean ware, including two stirrup cups.'

4. Late Bronze IIB: (1300 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Free [1960]: 11, 'Level 3: dated to Late Bronze IIB (1300 - 1200 B.C.), based on the continued use of Cypriote and Mycenaean ware, including two stirrup cups.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Free [1960]: Free, Joseph P.. ‘The Seventh Season at Dothan’, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (160) 6-15. 1960, '', pg. 11. 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., ''179 Dothan'', pg. 518. Online here.