Site details

Dor (Tell el-Burj)

PK	C6491
TITLE	Dor (Tell el–Burj)
WGS84	32.616344° N, 34.916604° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	32.616344, 34.916604
LON/LAT	34.916604, 32.616344

DMS

32° 36' 58.8384" N

34° 54' 59.7744" E

W3W	dislocate, pliers, dizzying
UTM	36 S, 679826, 3610378
EGSA87	1526630, 3661580

Elevation m	5
Elevation feet	16.4
Region	Levant

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 517    'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'
2.    Pottery.   Gregori and Palumbo [1984], 383    Site no. 105. 'T. el Burj (Dor)'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Gregori and Palumbo [1984]: 383, ' ... ceramica micenea e minoica'

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 517, 'LHIIIA2: Yes'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 517, 'LHIIIB: Yes'

NOTE

1. A gentle introduction to the interesting and extensive Tel Dor site is in Jessica Nitschke, 'Between Carmel and the Sea: Tel Dor, the Late Periods' which may be found here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Gregori and Palumbo [1984]: Gregori, Barbara and Gaetano Palumbo. ‘Presenze Micenee in Siria-Palestina’, Marazzi [1984] 365 - 389. 1984, ''Elenco delle località con presenza di ceramica micenea e minoica'', pg. 383. 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., ''171 Dor (Tell el Burj)'', pg. 517. Online here.