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16 September 2024

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Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

8 new and 58 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

2. pleiades.datasets: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades.da:

"main" branch:

940227a2 - updated legacy csv
4fdb4f1f - updated json
e1d5298a - updated rdf/ttl
9a2e017f - updated gis package
10ea7fc6 - updated data quality
516b214d - updated bibliography
2a2d3720 - updated indexes

3. pleiades-geojson: github.com/ryanfb/pleiades-geo:

5b96b3b6 - updated geojson and names index

16 September 2024

Newly added to the Pleiades Zotero library and quick-lookup reference tool:

Cicero, Orationes (ed. Clark, text at PHI):

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Orationes. Edited by Albert Curtis Clark and William Peterson. 6 vols. Scriptorum classicorum bibliotheca Oxoniensis. Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1905.

latin.packhum.org/canon#a474.

zotero.org/groups/2533/items/B

13 September 2024

Export Updates 2024-09-13:
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1 new and 17 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

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"main" branch:

a803de94 - updated legacy csv
2a0332b0 - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
1ecdb91d - updated gis package
2fcc02e2 - updated data quality
46009430 - updated bibliography
084b6450 - updated indexes

3. pleiades-geojson: github.com/ryanfb/pleiades-geo:

95f4b403 - updated geojson and names index

12 September 2024

Wikidata -> Pleiades gazetteer alignments updated 2024-09-12:

10,573 Wikidata entities include a Pleiades ID property (28 more than when last
updated on 2024-09-05).

Always latest version in CSV format:
github.com/isawnyu/pleiades_wi

Latest commit hash: 4df25c8

12 September 2024

Export Updates 2024-09-12:
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1 new and 31 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

2. pleiades.datasets: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades.da:

"main" branch:

aef915f1 - updated legacy csv
15997e96 - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
67e77e86 - updated gis package
17a95fd2 - updated data quality
1e2faf1b - updated bibliography
879a12ac - updated indexes

3. pleiades-geojson: github.com/ryanfb/pleiades-geo:

6e075011 - updated geojson and names index

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Creators: Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Last month the Pleiades editorial college published 41 new and 471 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anne Chen, Birgit Christiansen, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Carolin Johansson, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel McKee, John Muccigrosso, Jamie Novotny, Philipp Pilhofer, Rune Rattenborg, María Jesús Redondo, Thomas Seidler, Richard Talbert, and Scott Vanderbilt.

Please note: the following listings have been refined from previous "last week" and "last month" blog posts in order to provide a more complete accounting of changes and additions and those who have participated in the associated editorial process. Overview maps will return in future posts.

New Place Resources

  • Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria
    The Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria (Italian: Abbazia di San Clemente a Casauria) is located along the ancient Via Claudia Valeria in the territory of Castiglione a Casauria, province of Pescara, Abruzzo. Louis II (a great-grandson of Charlemagne) founded the abbey in 871. It was dedicated to Saint Clement in the following year (872).
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Alcazaba de Mérida
    The Alcazaba of Mérida is a ninth-century Muslim fortification in Mérida, Spain.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Amphitheater house (Mérida)
    The so-called Amphitheater house at Mérida is a second-century CE funerary complex connected with one C. Iulius Sucesianus.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
  • Apliki
    Apliki in central Cyprus was the site of Bronze Age copper smelting.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Sean Gillies
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
  • Arae incendii Neroniani
    A series of altars commemorated the "Great Fire of 64" that occurred during the reign of the emperor Nero. These so-called "Arae incendii Neroniani" are assigned to the reign of Domitian. The original number of altars is unknown and debated. Epigraphy aids greatly in a reconstruction of this distributed monument, as does the in situ altar on the Quirinal Hill. The latter was originally situated opposite the temple of Quirinus and now lies beneath the Ministero della Casa Reale, near the modern church of S. Andrea.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Ayios Filon
    A ruined fifth-century CE basilica on the Karpass peninsula of Cyprus.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Sean Gillies
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
  • Bahçecik
    Bahçecik is a Turkish village situated in the Elazığ Province in eastern Anatolia. In the north of the village, the ruins of an Urartean fortress and a stone inscription of the Urartean ruler Sarduri, son of Arğišti, (8th century BCE) have been found. The inscription (CTU A 9-18) reports that Sarduri built the fortress and gave it the name "Sardurihinili" ("the Sardurian (fortress)"). The text further reports the construction of a tower temple ("susi temple") by the same ruler and the installation of a governor to oversee the western regions that Sarduri conquered during his campaigns.
    Creators: Birgit Christiansen
    Contributors: Thomas Seidler, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Balıklı
    A Neolithic site that is a contemporary of Aşıklı Höyük and located 14km to its north-east. Occupied ca. 8300–7900 BCE, Balıklı provides evidence for early sedentism in Central Anatolia.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Basílica Casa Herrera
    The Casa Herrera Basilica is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida". The paleochristian basilica was built in either the late fifth or early sixth century CE.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
  • Burmageçit tomb
    Burmageçit, Tunceli ((Kurdish: Şixso)) is a modern Turkish settlement in the Tunceli province in eastern Turkey. Here was a tomb in which several Urartian metal objects have been found. Among them was a bronze helmet with a note of ownership (CTU B 5-8) of the Urartian king Minua (9th / 8th century BCE).
    Creators: Birgit Christiansen
    Contributors: Thomas Seidler, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
    Published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
  • Capdenac
    Site of a Gallic promontory fort that continued in use during the Roman period. It is one of several sites that have been suggested for identification with Uxellodunum, which was mentioned by Caesar.
    Creators: Johan Åhlfeldt, Tom Elliott
    Contributors: Sean Gillies
    Published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
  • Column of Julian
    The Column of Julianus, ca. 362 CE, honors the military exploits of the Roman Emperor Julian.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
    Published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
  • Conímbriga amphitheatre
    The Roman amphitheater at Conímbriga.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Değirmenköy
    Değirmenköy is a modern Turkish settlement with an Urartian fortress situated nearby. Here, a cylindrical stone with an inscription of the Urartian king Minua, son of Išpuini (9th / 8th century BCE) has been found mentioning a "barzudibiduni building of Minua" (CTU A 5-64).
    Creators: Birgit Christiansen
    Contributors: Thomas Seidler, Tom Elliott
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
  • Domus Augustana
    Domus Augustana, a topographic appellation for the central block of the Flavian palace complex on the Palatine Hill attributed to the emperor Domitian.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
  • Domus delle bestie ferite
    The Domus delle Bestie Ferite (“House of the Wounded Animals”) in Aquileia is an elite townhouse with at least two architectural phases: the first belonging to the Augustan period and the second to Late Antiquity. The house is well-appointed with elaborate mosaic pavements.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
  • Durrington Walls
    Durrington Walls is an archaeological site located 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Stonehenge (parish of Durrington, Amesbury,Wiltshire). A large Neolithic settlement and a later henge enclosure were located at Durrington Walls and used in the later third millennium BCE. This site is considered to be part of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in England.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Düzceli
    Düzceli is a modern village in the Ağrı province in eastern Turkey, ca. 14 km southeast from Patnos and the Urartian fortress Aznavurtepe / Anzavurtepe. In Düzceli a reused stone block with an inscription of the Urartian king Minua (9th / 8th century BCE) was found which reports the contruction of a building called "iriduduni" (CTU A 5-78).
    Creators: Birgit Christiansen
    Contributors: Thomas Seidler, bseidler, Tom Elliott
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Guild Temple and Mithraeum of Fructosus
    An architectural complex excavated in 1938 at the intersection of Via del Pomerio and Via del Tempio Rotondo in Ostia. The guild temple dates to the reign of Alexander Severus (222 - 235 CE). Based on epigraphic evidence, this shrine may belong to the guild of the stuppatores. A mithraic shrine with a patron named Fructosus is to be found in the substructure of the podium.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Karataş
    Karataş is a modern settlement situated at the northern bank of Lake Van and 2 km in the east of Erciş in the southeast of Turkey. Here two rock inscriptions of the Urartian king Sarduri II., son of Argišti (8th century BCE) have been found. One of them is of annalistic contents (CTU A 9-10), the other reports the plantation of a vineyard in this region (CTU A 9-11).
    Creators: Birgit Christiansen
    Contributors: Thomas Seidler, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, Rune Rattenborg
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Kelten-Wall
    An ancient fortification system at the multiperiod Glauberg site in Germany.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Lees Hall Roman Camp
    Lees Hall Roman Camp is an archaeological site that was once an ancient Roman temporary camp located near Hadrian's Wall (Northumberland, England). Once there were more than 40 temporary Roman camps located near Hadrian's Wall.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
  • Ligrammon (mountain)
    An ancient mountain, unlocated, close to Isaura/Zengibar Kalesi
    Creators: Philipp Pilhofer
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Milefortlet 1 (Biglands House)
    Milefortlet 1 (Biglands House) of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Morería
    The Morería archaeological area preserves the remains of the multiple urban phases of the site of Mérida.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Muradiye
    Muradiye (Armenian: Berkri) is a modern settlement in the Van Province in the southeast of Turkey. Here a fragmentary stele with an inscription (CTU A 5-16) of the Urartian king Minua (9th / 8th century BCE) has been found, which reports the construction of the "Canal of Minua" that is still in use today. The stela is now lost and its exact findspot is unknown.
    Creators: Birgit Christiansen
    Contributors: Thomas Seidler, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
    Published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
  • Puy d'Issolud
    A Gallic site in the French commune of Vayrac, near the village of Saint-Denis-lès-Martel, often considered to be identifiable with the ancient cite of Uxellodunum, mentioned by Caesar.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
    Contributors: Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt
    Published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
  • Qermez Dere
    A tell located in Tal Afar in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, that was the site of a Neolithic settlement established ca. 8500-7900 BCE. Neolithic roundhouses were documented at the site.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Roman Forum (Mérida)
    The Roman Forum in Mérida, Spain, dates ca. 25 BCE. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1993.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
  • Roman Wall and Albarrana Islamic Tower
    The Roman Wall and Albarrana Islamic Tower are included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida".
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
  • Río Alcudia
    The Alcudia River, also known as the Cabra River in its upper course, is a tributary of the Guadalmez River, which in turn is a tributary of the Zújar River, a tributary of the Guadiana. Its course runs more than 70 km.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott, María Jesús Redondo
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • San Paolo alla Regola
    The Catholic church of San Paolo alla Regola located in the modern Rione of Rome named "Regola", to which it gives its name. The current edifice of the church dates to the seventeenth century. Excavations carried out from 1978 to 1982 documented multiple layers of architecture dating from the imperial period when this district was used primarily as one of warehouses (horrea) located near the Tiber River.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • San Pietro ad Oratorium
    A Romanesque-style Roman Catholic church and Benedictine monastery consecrated in 1117 but with possible origins in the eighth century.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Sasso Pinzuto necropolis
    The Sasso Pinzuto necropolis is linked with the Etruscan culture and is located near Tuscania, Italy. The necropolis was in use from the middle of the seventh century BCE until the fifth century BCE. A new cult area was discovered at Sasso Pinzuto in 2024.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Selvicciola necropolis
    A prehistoric (Eneolithic) necropolis in mid-Tyrrhenian Italy with activity beginning in the early fourth millennium BCE. The Selvicciola necropolis is located in the valley of the Fiora River.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Temple of the Fabri Navales
    The Temple of the Ship Carpenters at Ostia dates to the later second century CE.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Tomb of Marcus Aemilius Dulio
    A mausoleum belonging to one M. Aemilius Dulio located to the west of the Via Salaria.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Tomba del Duce, Vetulonia
    An elite tomb at Vetulonia dating to the late eighth century BCE. Among the tomb's occupants was one Rachu Kakanas. The artifact assemblage includes numerous elite objects, among them a bronze boat that is attributed to the Nuragic culture of Sardinia.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Via Minucia / Traiana
    The Via Minucia was a Roman road in southern Italy. It was likely built under the Roman consul Marcus Minucius Rufus ca. 110 BCE. It proved to be a poor route for heavy traffic. It likely was used until the early second century CE when the Via Traiana superseded it.
    Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
    Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Walwick Fell Roman temporary camp
    Walwick Fell Roman temporary camp is an archaeological site located in Warden, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. It is part of the distributed UNESCO World Heritage Site "Frontiers of the Roman Empire".
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Woodhenge
    Woodhenge is the site of a "Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument" located within the Stonehenge UNESCO World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Stonehenge (Durrington parish).
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott

Updated Place Resources