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Pantalica

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: R.J.A. Wilson

Contributors: Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Jonathan Prag, Lewin Ernest Staine

Last modified Jan 01, 2019 10:03 AM — History

tags: dare:major=0, dare:ancient=0, dare:feature=settlement, UWHS

Archaeological area near Sortino, in Sicily, famous for its large rocky necropolis. The place was occupied from the 13th century BC to the Byzantine period. Formerly identified with the ancient settlement of Herbessos, it is now more often associated with Hybla Gereatis.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462412

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.139715, 15.03267

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18732 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Pantalica (Italian, modern)

Pantalica makes connections with:

Less than certain: Pantalica part of (physical/topographic) Herbessos? (unspecified date range)
Less than certain: Pantalica part of (physical/topographic) Hybla Gereatis (unspecified date range)
Pantalica connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)

Pantalica receives connections from:

Anaktoron at Pantalika located at Pantalica (unspecified date range)
Belverde Necropoli della Cavetta located at Pantalica (unspecified date range)
Necropolis of Pantalica located at Pantalica (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement, catacomb, cemetery, necropolis

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 G4 Pantalica

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Pantalica, village settlement

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Suggested citation:
R.J.A. Wilson, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Jonathan Prag, and Lewin Ernest Staine, 'Pantalica: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462412> [accessed: 23 November 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462412 |title=Places: 462412 (Pantalica) |author=Wilson, R. |accessdate=November 23, 2024 3:18 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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