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Koyuk Shahri

a Pleiades place resource

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An ancient fortified site known as either Koyuk Shahri or Kuiyukexiehai'er that is located in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of north-western China preserves evidence of urban occupation in the Tarim Basin during the first millennium BCE. The site consists of a walled area of some 60,000 m² with an artificial mound at the center of the walled space.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/418515134

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.6064169818, 84.3472496627

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Koyuk Shahri (1000 BC - 1 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Koyuk Shahri (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Koyuk Shahri makes connections with:

None

Koyuk Shahri receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, archaeological site

References:

See Further:

Dang et al. 2022

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Koyuk Shahri: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/418515134> [accessed: 26 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/418515134 |title=Places: 418515134 (Koyuk Shahri) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=December 26, 2024 12:49 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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