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Kirikongo

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Sebastian Heath

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Feb 17, 2022 09:04 PM — History

Archaeological site in Burkina Faso occupied from the early first millennium CE through c. 1700. The site consists of a mound spread over approximately 37 hectares. Evidence for ironworking is present along with household structures.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/186716626

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
12.553889, -3.363056

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Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Kirikongo (AD 1 - AD 1000) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Kirikongo (English, modern)

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Place type:
archaeological site

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Sebastian Heath, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Kirikongo: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/186716626> [accessed: 21 January 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/186716626 |title=Places: 186716626 (Kirikongo) |author=Heath, S. |accessdate=January 21, 2025 11:21 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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