entity · site_mersa_matruh_bates_island
Bates’s Island, Marsa Matruh
Also known as: Marsa Matruh, Bates Island
A small Late Bronze Age coastal settlement and metalworking location at Marsa Matruh.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1500 BCE–1200 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Marsa Matruh I: The Excavation — White, Donald, Gardner, Rita, Hulin, Linda (2002)Provides the site sequence, workshop, houses, and ceramic connections.
Locator: Excavation overview; Late Bronze Age occupation and workshop chapters
Research description
Excavation revealed houses, a metalworking workshop, and ceramics linking the site to Cyprus, the Aegean, Egypt, western Asia, and local Marmarica. The assemblage demonstrates a connected coastal node, not a securely identified colony of one population.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Marsa Matruh I: The Excavation — White, Donald, Gardner, Rita, Hulin, Linda (2002)Provides the site sequence, workshop, houses, and ceramic connections.
Locator: Excavation overview; Late Bronze Age occupation and workshop chapters