Pantalica
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Jonathan Prag, Lewin Ernest Staine
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jan 01, 2019 10:03 AM
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History
Archaeological area near Sortino, in Sicily, famous for its large rocky necropolis. The place was occupied from the 13th century BC to the Byzantine period. Formerly identified with the ancient settlement of Herbessos, it is now more often associated with Hybla Gereatis.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462412
37.139715, 15.03267
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18732 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Pantalica (Italian, modern)
- Less than certain: Pantalica part of (physical/topographic) Herbessos? (unspecified date range)
- Less than certain: Pantalica part of (physical/topographic) Hybla Gereatis (unspecified date range)
- Pantalica connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
- Anaktoron at Pantalika located at Pantalica (unspecified date range)
- Belverde Necropoli della Cavetta located at Pantalica (unspecified date range)
- Necropolis of Pantalica located at Pantalica (unspecified date range)
settlement, catacomb, cemetery, necropolis
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 G4 Pantalica
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Pantalica, village settlement
R.J.A. Wilson, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Jonathan Prag, and Lewin Ernest Staine, 'Pantalica: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462412> [accessed: 19 April 2024]
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