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Pelathousa Slag Heap

a Pleiades place resource

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A copper-smelting slag heap located in the village of Pelathousa in western Cyprus, dating to the 4th-6th century CE and likely derived from ore mined at the Limni mine, which is approximately 1 kilometer to the northwest.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/774381973

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.0276727381, 32.4753803069

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Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location of Pelathousa village (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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None

Pelathousa Slag Heap makes connections with:

Pelathousa Slag Heap material sourced from Limni (AD 300 - AD 599)

Pelathousa Slag Heap receives connections from:

None

Place type:
slag heap, settlement-modern

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See Further:

Sdralia 2023

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Tom Elliott, 'Pelathousa Slag Heap: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/774381973> [accessed: 22 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/774381973 |title=Places: 774381973 (Pelathousa Slag Heap) |author=Elliott, T. |accessdate=November 22, 2024 11:40 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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