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13 May 2024

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68 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

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9aee8de1 - updated legacy csv
0a1119be - updated json
6695b225 - updated rdf/ttl
410283f7 - updated gis package
811f8aed - updated data quality
87031795 - updated bibliography
ef0733a3 - updated indexes

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

f8d1b6cb - updated geojson

10 May 2024

Today's sneak peek is the Pandroseion, an open-air precinct dedicated to Pandrosos, located on the Acropolis of Athens, at the west side of the Erechtheion. It contained the sacred olive tree of Athena and an altar of Zeus Herkeios...

See further: hcommons.social/@paregorios/11

10 May 2024

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4 new and 59 updated places.

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"main" branch:

d4872b80 - updated legacy csv
67be6b78 - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
713e8c1b - updated gis package
2c60bd11 - updated data quality
7c926b39 - updated bibliography
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c26f0d85 - updated geojson and names index

09 May 2024

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54 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

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"main" branch:

8745fc33 - updated legacy csv
3aa3572a - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
41d0ddba - updated gis package
137872b6 - updated data quality
860432f6 - updated bibliography
0b529c65 - updated indexes

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

8617229d - updated geojson and names index

07 May 2024

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2 new and 33 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

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"main" branch:

27f9a7c0 - updated legacy csv
84fb0e05 - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
2d36ab07 - updated gis package
fa7e3841 - updated data quality
1c59b38f - updated bibliography
e77c7ddb - updated indexes

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

61ec473d - updated geojson and names index

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Last week we published 25 new place resources. In addition, 131 existing place resources were updated.

New Place Resources

  • Adjacent to the Argolic Gulf and roughly centered on the ancient city of Argos, this alluvial plain covers some 250 square kilometers and is considered one of two major components of the ancient Argolis/Argolid region.
    Creators: Tom Elliott
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  • An early medieval settlement in Spain (9th to 13th centuries CE) listed in contemporary Latin documents. This settlement is now identified with a second phase of occupation of an archaeological site known as El Forau de la Tuta near modern Arieda in Zaragosa province where a previously unknown Roman settlement has also been discovered. In addition to archaeological finds in situ, spolia from both the Roman and medieval phases have been identified in the more recent Ermita de San Pedro.
    Creators: Tom Elliott
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  • A stone-built bathhouse at Exeter connected with the Neronian fortress.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • Cave network near Montignac, France with over 600 Upper Paleolithic wall paintings.
    Creators: Zachary Rosalinsky
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • A nymphaeum of the third century CE that was identified in 1990 and was likely one component of a larger villa complex in the north-west suburbium of imperial Rome.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • Roman baths at Ribchester dating ca. 100 CE.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • A two-phase complex of public baths at Fregellae dating to the third and second centuries BCE represents an important point in the transition from "Greek" bathing culture to "Roman" bathing culture.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • The remains of a Roman bath house were discovered in a field to the west of the village of Little Chart, Kent in 1942. These remains included fragments of mosaic pavement. Excavations in 1942 and later in 1947 identified the site as a Roman bathing complex.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • The remains of a Roman bath house were discovered in Callendar Park, Falkirk in 1980.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • At the Prestatyn Roman Site, a bath complex was identified via excavation (1934-7; 1981). The bathhouse measures approximately 11.7 by 4.5 meters.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • The Roman Baths of Como were in use from the later first century until the third century CE.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • Roman baths located at Spoletium.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • A bathhouse located at Orpington, Kent was excavated between 1971 and 1975. The site flourished between ca. 270 and 400 CE. Its post-abandonment phase includes Anglo-Saxon graves of the fifth and sixth centuries.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • The Roman Bath House at Segontium.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • In 1997, during work to restore and consolidate the "Blue Mosque" in modern Tabriz, Iran, an extensive Iron Age cemetery was discovered and excavated. Since 2007, the site has been partly open to the public as an open-air museum.
    Creators: Tom Elliott
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  • Tell er-Rameh is an ancient settlement mound located in the plain of the River Jordan, some 12 miles from Jericho.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • A settlement mound in Syria that was occupied between 10,200 BCE and 8,000 BCE. The site was submerged by the creation of the Tabqa Dam in 1976. The site was a locus of settlement for the Mureybetian culture (Pre-Pottery Neolithic A).
    Creators: Zachary Rosalinsky
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
  • Settlement site near Abdul Hosein village in Luristan, Iran dated to the Neolithic period. The site was occupied by non-sedentary people who left behind no structures besides a wall.
    Creators: Zachary Rosalinsky
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  • The Roman baths of ancient Ferentium are located adjacent to the Roman theater.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • The excavations carried out following the earthquake of 1908 revealed a number of baths dating to the early centuries of the Roman Imperial period.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • A Gallo-Roman bath complex identified in 1991 at Saint-Romain-en-Galt that originally covered some 8 ha.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • An oval, embanked area of the north-east of the Roman fort has been identified as an amphitheater, one of only three known in Wales. The amphitheater is located near the site of the parade ground.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • A bath complex associated with the first-century fort at Tomen y Mur.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • A previously unknown Roman fort was discovered in Exeter between Bampfylde Street and Cheeke Street during the construction of a bus station in 2019.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • The site of a probable Roman villa located near Farndon, Cheshire.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Modified Place Resources