Poira
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jun 17, 2022 11:52 AM
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History
Poira, sometimes also referred to by the toponym Poggio Cocola, is an archaeological area situated on hilltops lying to the south of the course of the Simeto river. Surface finds show evidence of long-term human activity, from the Bronze Age and continuing onward.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462453
37.556267, 14.808244
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18788 (750 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
- None
- Poira part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
- Castello di Poira succeeds Poira (unspecified date range)
settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 F3 Poira
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Poira, fortified settlement (possibly Inessa/Aitna). Archaeological investigations beginning in the 1960s linked the site with a Greek-Siceliote settlement mentioned by Diodorus Siculus.
R.J.A. Wilson, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Poira: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462453> [accessed: 23 November 2024]
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