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Tel Afek/Aphek (ancient Antipatris)

PK	C6487
TITLE	Tel Afek∕Aphek (ancient Antipatris)
WGS84	32.105057° N, 34.930413° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	32.105057, 34.930413
LON/LAT	34.930413, 32.105057

DMS

32° 6' 18.2052" N

34° 55' 49.4868" E

W3W	swells, solids, fencing
UTM	36 S, 682145, 3553712
EGSA87	1533840, 3604600

Elevation m	34
Elevation feet	111.5
Region	Levant

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Leonard [1994], 203    A list of the Mycenaean pottery from this site.
2.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 522    'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 522, 'LHIIIA2: Yes'
    b.    Leonard [1994]: 60, '710. ... LH IIIA:2 - B', also no 711 on p. 60.

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 522, 'LHIIIB: Yes'
    b.    Leonard [1994]: 39, '474. ... (Local?). LH IIIB type.', also no. 475 on p. 39 and 613 on p. 54..

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Leonard [1994]: Leonard Jr., Albert. An Index to the Late Bronze Age Aegean Pottery from Syria-Palestine. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology (SIMA), Jonsered 1994, '', 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., ''200 Aphek (Antipatris)'', pg. 522. Online here.