Last Week in Pleiades (23-30 October 2023)
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Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 4 new place resources and approved updates to 44 existing place resources. Work by Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, and the Trismegistos team.
A map of southeastern Europe, northeastern Africa (including all of the Red Sea), and western Asia (including the Indian subcontinent) with orange "plus sign" icons indicating updated place resources and bright pink dots indicating new place resources.
New Place Resources
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An archaeological site of Byzantine and possibly earlier date located at the modern town of al-Jumayil in Jordan. It may be identifiable as the biblical site of Beth Gamul.
Creators: Tom Elliott
Contributors: -
Recent geophysical investigation and analysis have led to a new reconstruction of the main harbor of Delos ca. 100 BCE that identifies a shallow-draft (1-2m) harbor with broad beach area significantly different from the modern situation. Infill of wetland areas for construction in antiquity, combined with contemporary and subsequent sea level rise, dredging, and modern interventions have all contributed to the coastline change.
Creators: Tom Elliott
Contributors: -
An Etruscan sanctuary that was founded at the end of the 5th century BCE and saw activity as late as the reign of Nero. Evidence has also been found for activity in the area during the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. The site is located on the southern shore of the Lac de Bolsena in the modern Italian municipality of Montefiascone.
Creators: Tom Elliott
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A hilltop archaeological site (Paliokastro) located approximately 3km west southwest of the modern Greek town of Terpni (Serres regional unit). Its ancient name is uncertain; some scholars have suggested it be identified with "Graero," which is named on the Peutinger map. Excavations have produced evidence for habitation as early as the 6th century BCE, remains of a Roman-era spa and basilica, and continued (re)use into the 6th century CE.
Creators: Tom Elliott
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Modified Place Resources
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An ancient town of either Oscan or Samnite origin situated in the Volturno river valley.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: Miele and Sirano 2004; modified name "Allifae" (update reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Atina was a Volscian settlement located at the source of the river Melpis. Atina was located on the via Latina between Casinum and Sora.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient city of what is now northern Afghanistan. Bactra/Zariaspa (modern Balkh) was a center of Zoroastrianism.
Creators: F. Hiebert; P.L. Kohl; St J. Simpson
Contributors: Eric Kansa; Francis Deblauwe; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; B. Siewert-Mayer; DARMC; H. Kopp; R. Talbert; W. Röllig
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; cleaned up references; added Houal 2023, Wikidata, vici.org, RE, and iDAI.gazetteer references
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Carventum was an ancient city of Latium, listed by Dionysius as one of the thirty states of the Latin League.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update reference; modified name "Arx Carventana" (update reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 40 C3 Corniculani
Creators: M. Pearce; P. Tozzi; R. Peretto
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Elis was an ancient Greek city of the northwest Peloponnese that served as the capital of the district of the same name.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Pierre Motylewicz; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: created location "OSM Location: Ήλιδα"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
A river of the Argive plain, emptying into the Argolic Gulf: the modern Erasinos/Kephalari.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added iDAI.gazetteer and Wikidata references provided by bkiesling; added New Pauly; added ToposText reference; cleaned up references; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 67 H3 Fadana
Creators: P.-L. Gatier; T. Sinclair
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; M. Ballance; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: add wikipedia Paddan Aram; update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 E2 Gökçeağaç
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A river of the Peloponnese.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added iDAI.gazetteer reference provided by bkiesling; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; cleaned up references; modified OSM location of Lousios (river) (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
A waterhole essential to the ancient Sudanese pastoral economy
Creators: DARMC
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A waterhole essential to the ancient Sudanese pastoral economy
Creators: DARMC
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A waterhole essential to the ancient Sudanese pastoral economy
Creators: Sean Gillies
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; DARMC
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A waterhole essential to the ancient Sudanese pastoral economy
Creators: DARMC
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A waterhole essential to the ancient Sudanese pastoral economy
Creators: DARMC
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 F4 Ilissos? fl.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient settlement at modern Jellemeh/Jalame in northern Israel, southeast of Haifa, where a Roman-era glass manufacturing facility was excavated. Subsequent occupation of the site in the Byzantine period included a villa.
Creators: E.M. Meyers; J.P. Brown
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: Larson and Swogger 2023; title; cleaned up references; updated Names; added iDAI.gazetteer, Weinberg 1988, and Freestone 2023 references; added Slane 2005; summary; created name "Jellemeh"; created name "Jalame"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
Mt. Kalliphoniou.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: added New Pauly reference; added ToposText reference; cleaned up references; added Wikidata reference provided by bkiesling
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 F2 Latmos
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: TM GEO ID 34216: Latmos (Beşparmak)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Latmos M. (Beşparmak Mountains) run east-west along the north shore of the former Latmian Gulf on the coast of Caria.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update tm geo id w/ correct identifier; edited; added ToposText reference; cleaned up references; added MANTO reference and Wikidata reference provided by MANTO team; modified location "Geonames Location: Beşparmak Dağı" (associated modern); created name "Beşparmak Dağı"; modified name "Latmos" (added Greek name, Strabo reference, Baseline created)
Actors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
Lymax fl., a river flowing into the Neda, beside Phigalia, according to Pausanias. Its precise location cannot be determined today. The river is connected in mythology with the cleansing of Rhea.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: summary; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; cleaned up references; added Wikidata reference
Actors: Greta Hawes; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
The "Sanctuary of the great gods" on the island of Samothrace, one of the chief Panhellenic sanctuaries of the ancient Greek world.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: added iDAI.gazetteer reference provided by bkiesling; added ToposText reference; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; cleaned up references; added Wikidata reference; created location "OSM Location: Ιερό των Μεγάλων Θεών"; created connection "Samothrace (settlement)"
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient settlement in Arcadia in the Peloponnese, likely founded in the 4th century BCE. The site lies just to the northeast of the modern town of Megalopolis.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references
Actors: Tom Elliott -
A tributary of the Peneios river that Pausanias places in the town of Elis (between an old theater and a shrine of Dionysus abutting the agora). Due to flood control and other subsequent interventions in the landscape of the site, the river's precise location cannot be determined today. The Menios is the river Herakles is said to have diverted to clean the Augean stables.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: summary; cleaned up references; added MANTO and Wikidata references provided by MANTO team; replaced pro forma BAtlas reference with precise BAtlDir reference; created connection "Elis (city)"; created connection "Peneios (river)"
Actors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
A fortified town in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Mystras was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1989.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Ingrid Luo; Tom Elliott
Modifications: add Palamara et al. 2023
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A Doric peripteral temple was built in the sanctuary in the middle of the fifth century BCE. Construction began around 460-450 BCE and continued until 430–420 BCE.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Dan Diffendale; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add Arachne reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Patra(e) (modern Patras) is an important ancient center with settlement beginning in the Late Helladic period. Patras played a leading role in the foundation of the second "Achaean League" and was the site of a Roman colony after 146 BC.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; added iDAI.gazetteer reference provided by bkiesling; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; cleaned up references
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Tom Elliott -
A major city of western Thessaly.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Robin Iversen Rönnlund; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: added iDAI.gazetteer and Wikidata references provided by bkiesling; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; cleaned up references
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Tom Elliott -
An ancient settlement on Crete where occupation began ca. 3000 B.C., Phaistos was a major center of the Minoan civilization and continued to be a Greek city of the first millennium B.C.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Ciara L Wisecup; Jeffrey Becker; Lewin Ernest Staine; Maija Gierhart; Stefano Costa; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; Thomas Focht
Modifications: added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; cleaned up references; added MANTO reference provided by bkiesling
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Tom Elliott -
Plataea is an ancient city of Boeotia, located south of Thebes. In 479 BC Plataea was the site of the Battle of Plataea, in which an allied Greek army defeated the Persians. Plataea was destroyed in the Peloponnesian War by Thebes and Sparta in 427 BC and rebuilt in 386 BC.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: added iDAI.gazetteer, Wikidata, and MANTO references provided by bkiesling; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; cleaned up references
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Tom Elliott -
Podouke/Arikamedu is an archaeological site located in Kakkayanthope, Ariyankuppam Commune, Puducherry, India.
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; cleaned up references; added modern Names.; added Ravitchandirane 2017, Van Aerde 2020, New Pauly, Wikidata, iDAI.gazetteer reference; added OSM Location, which supersedes currently published DARMC location; created location "OSM Location: Arikamedu Early Historic Site"; created name "Arikamedu"; created name "Arikkamedu"
Actors: Tom Elliott -
A mountain peak mentioned by Pausanias whose precise identity and location can not be determined today. Pausanias places it in Argolis, above Lerna and reports that a ruined sanctuary of Athena Saitis was to be found at its summit in his day.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: replaced pro forma BAtlas reference with precise BAtlDir reference; added ToposText reference; added RE reference; cleaned up references; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team
Actors: Greta Hawes; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
An ancient port settlement on the island of Cephallenia, south of the modern village of Poros.
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Trismegistos references provided by bkiesling; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; added MANTO and New Pauly references; cleaned up references; summary; created name "Poros"; modified connection "Cephallania (island)" (located on)
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient city of the Peloponnesian Mani, located near the modern village of Kavalos/Pyrrhikhos.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: DARMC 14445 = related; added Moschou 2000; edited; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; added Imagery Location, which supersedes currently published DARMC location.; added MANTO and PECS references, provided by bkiesling; cleaned up references; summary; added Wikidata and ToposText references; created Imagery Location
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
Rhamnous was an ancient settlement of Attica adjacent to the Euboean Strait.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: Arnaoutoglou 2013; DARMC 24192, DARE 22843; removed RE and Smith references since we have NP and Wikipedia, respectively; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; cleaned up references; added Wikidata reference; added MANTO reference provided by bkiesling; created location "OSM Location: Αρχαίος Ραμνούς"; modified connection "Attica" (part of (regional))
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
A settlement on the island of Rhodes.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Eric Kansa; Francis Deblauwe; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Kali Kocian; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; B. Siewert-Mayer; Faith Lubeck; H. Kopp; Jeff Mayfield; R. Talbert; Rajas Pradhan; W. Röllig
Modifications: added New Pauly reference; title; added MANTO reference; removed incorrect Geonames ID (island, not settlement); added ToposText reference; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; added iDAI.gazetteer reference; cleaned up references; added Trismegistos reference provided by bkiesling; added Wikidata reference provided by bkiesling
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 69 C5 Salem/Salumias
Creators: E.M. Meyers; J.P. Brown
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: wikipedia (de), wikidata added; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The primary ancient settlement and port on the island of Samos (modern Sami).
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: DARMC 14585 = related; added Nomisma reference provided by TM; added Sotiriou 2010 reference; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; added Wikidata and Wikipedia references provided by bkiesling; added associated modern Name; cleaned up references; summary; created location "OSM Location: Modern Same residential area"; created name "Sami"
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott; TM -
The homonymous settlement on the Aegean island, located on its north shore (modern Paleopolis).
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: DARMC 14590 = related; added American Excavations Samothrace reference; title; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; cleaned up references; added iDAI.gazetteer, Trismegistos, and Wikidata references provided by bkiesling; created location "OSM Location: Παλαιόπολης"; created name "Paleopolis"; modified connection "Samothrace (island)" (located on)
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
Termez, located in modern Uzbekistan, was part of the Graeco-Bactrian kingdom and later the Kushan empire. It eventually became an important center of Buddhism.
Creators: F.T. Hiebert; P.L. Kohl
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Houal 2023, Wikidata, iDAI.gazetteer, and vici.org references; added Houal 2023 reference; cleaned up references
Actors: Tom Elliott -
An ancient peak whose precise location is not known, but which Pausanias implies was part of the Mainalion range in Achaia.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added RE reference; cleaned up references; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; replaced pro forma BAtlas reference with precise BAtlDir reference
Actors: Greta Hawes; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 69 C5 Thesbe
Creators: E.M. Meyers; J.P. Brown
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient city of Campania that became enfranchised in the Roman system in the late fourth century B.C.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 71 unlocated Vade Afaris fl.
Creators: S.T. Parker
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker