Historical place profile

Çadır Höyük

An archaeological site in Yozgat province, Turkey, tentatively identified as the Hittite town Zippalanda (Uşaklı Höyük is another candidate for the location of Zippalanda).

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:512530799
Catalogue ID
pleiades:512530799
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
39.676693, 35.143326
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An archaeological site in Yozgat province, Turkey, tentatively identified as the Hittite town Zippalanda (Uşaklı Höyük is another candidate for the location of Zippalanda).

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Pleiades

Source and reuse

This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.

Research path

Compare this place with the chronological map at the relevant year, nearby political units, routes, institutions and the period portals. Where the source record is silent about jurisdiction, population or ecclesiastical rank, this profile makes no such claim.