PKey Report

PK	C1495
TITLE	Müskebi∕Mycenaean Chamber Tomb Cem
WGS84	37.06842° N, 27.33957° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.06842, 27.33957
LON/LAT	27.33957, 37.06842

DMS

37° 4' 6.312" N

27° 20' 22.452" E

W3W	chores, planned, defining
UTM	35 S, 531403, 4099544
EGSA87	798086, 4104457

Elevation m	23
Elevation feet	75.5
Region	Anatolia
Subregion	Caria

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1. Cem. Kelder [2006], 62 ' The cemetery has been studied during the years 1963-1966 and yielded a total of 48 chamber tombs.'

2. Cem. Mee [1978], 137 'The 48 chamber tombs were cut into the east and west slopes of a valley 1 km. to the north of Müsgebi and in construction seem to have been quite standard ... '

3. Chamber Tomb. Simpson [1981], 207 'All the pottery from the tombs is Mycenaean, mostly LH IIIA2-B ...'

4.    Pottery.   Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 173

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age III: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB (III?) LH IIIA1-C A C H'

2. Late Helladic III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)

    a.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 173, 'In this 'koine' period of Mycenaean expansion, there seems to have been a Mycenaean colony at Miletus, and possibly also at Muskebi near Bodrum; since in neither place is there any record of a distinctive local Anatolian pottery reported as occurring with the L.H. at this time.'

3. Late Helladic IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)

    a.    Bass [1963]: 3545, Vase 7.

4. Late Helladic IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB (III?) LH IIIA1-C A C H'

    b.    Bass [1963]: 355, Vase 6.

5. Late Helladic IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB (III?) LH IIIA1-C A C H'

    b.    Kelder [2006]: 63, 'Chronologically, the pottery at Müsgebi ranges from LH IIIA2 till LH IIIC.'

    c.    Bass [1963]: 354, Vases 3,4, 5, and 6.

6. Late Helladic IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB (III?) LH IIIA1-C A C H'

    b.    Kelder [2006]: 63, 'Chronologically, the pottery at Müsgebi ranges from LH IIIA2 till LH IIIC.'

    c.    Bass [1963]: 354, Vases 2, 4, and 8.

7. Late Helladic IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB (III?) LH IIIA1-C A C H'

    b.    Kelder [2006]: 63, 'Chronologically, the pottery at Müsgebi ranges from LH IIIA2 till LH IIIC.'

    c.    Bass [1963]: 354, Vases 2 and 8.

NOTES

1. Of the pottery types Kelder [2006] 62, 'Müsgebi' says: "Mee (1978) provides a full account of the corpus. Shapes range from piriform jars, stirrup jars, amphoriskoi, flasks, braziers, kylikes and bowls to cups and mugs. An alabastron, an askos and a basket vase have also been found. A considerable amount of pottery is thought to have been imported from the Argolid and the Dodecanese, most notably Ialysos on Rhodes." Dr. Bass' reference is to Mee [1978] 137 - 142.

2. Further bibliography of the Müskebi region gleaned from various sources:

Bass, G., American Journal of Archaeology lxvii (1963) 352-7;
Boysal, Y., 1964. "Milli Egitim Bakanhgi Müsgebi Kazlsl 1963 Yill Kisa Raporu", TAD xiii/2, (1964) 81-5 and xiv (1965) 123-4.
Boysal, Y.,1967(1). "Karya Boigesinde Yeni Aratlrmralar/New Excavations in Caria", Anadolu xi (1967), 1-9, 31-9, 45-56. especially 54: 'Most of the pottery found in the tombs at Muskebi belongs to Mycenaean IIIA 2; IIIB follows this in quantity, IIIA i and IIIC finds are relatively few.'
Boysal, Y.,1967(2). "Müskebi Kazisi 1963 Kisa Raporu/Voriaufiger Bericht iiber cie Grabungen 1963 in Müskebi", Belleten XXXI, 67-83.
Boysal, Y.,1969(1). Katalog der Vasen im Museum in Bodrum: I - Mykenisch-Protogeometrisch, Ankara 1969, 1-28, plates 1-33.
Boysal, Y.,1969(2). "Necropolis at çömlekçi Köy near Bodrum", AS xix, 11-12.

TAD is the TARİH ARAŞTIRMALARI DERGİSİ

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3. With respect to the location of this cemetery see the blog post here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Bass [1963]: Bass, George F.. ‘Mycenaean and Protogeometric Tombs in Halicarnassus’, American Journal of Archaeology (67:4) 353 - 361. 1963., '', pg. 353. Online here.

2. Kelder [2006]: Kelder, Jorrit M.. ‘Mycenaeans in Western Anatolia’, Talanta (36-37), 49-86. 2004-2005., 'Müsgebi', pg. 62. Online here.

3. Mee [1978]: Mee, Christopher. ‘Aegean Trade and Settlement in Anatolia in the Second Millennium B.C.’, Anatolian Studies (28) 121 - 156. 1978., ''Müsgebi - Ortakent'', pg. 1317. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Müskebi', pg. 207. Online here.

5. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese III’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 68, pp. 127-179, 1973., '', pg. 173. Online here.