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Mursia

a Pleiades place resource

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A modern village on the northwest coast of the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria. Mursia lies atop a settlement of late Bronze Age date that is associated with the cemetery (Sesi) that lies immediately to its south.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/662780947

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.8135141, 11.9298915

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Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location of modern village of Mursia (1700 BC - 1400 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- La Mursia (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Località Mursia, Localita Mursia (Località Mursia: Italian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Mursia (Italian, modern)

Mursia makes connections with:

Mursia part of (physical/topographic) Pantelleria (island) (unspecified date range)

Mursia receives connections from:

Bronze Age Cemetery at Mursia located at Mursia (1700 BC - 1400 BC)

Place type:
settlement, settlement-modern

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Tom Elliott, 'Mursia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/662780947> [accessed: 19 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/662780947 |title=Places: 662780947 (Mursia) |author=Elliott, T. |accessdate=April 19, 2024 3:57 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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