BRONZE AGE: THE END OF THE LATE BRONZE AGE
The last prehistoric layer at Dikili Tash is represented by a clay-plastered floor that was built over a thick fill containing stones, ashes, sherds, and other fragmentary objects, the most recent of which date to the Late Helladic III C period, i.e. around 1200-1150 BC. Among these was a small bronze dagger, belonging to a type that is rare in settlements but well documented in graves (for example in Kastri on Thasos), and a bowl fragment with Mycenaean style decoration.
This date, confirmed by C14 dating, provides a terminus post quem for the construction of this floor, but we have nothing that will allow us to determine the exact date of its destruction or its final abandonment. Indeed, directly above this floor were the remains of a much later (Hellenistic), destruction layer that were probably moved to this spot during a cleaning conducted in the Roman period. Thus, other activities could have taken place here after 1150 BC, but their traces, if they ever existed, have been wiped out by erosion and later activities.
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