Historical place profile

Choirokoitia

The prehistoric settlement at Choirokoitia, in Cyprus. The site was inhabited from the seventh to the fourth millennium B.C. and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:755568222
Catalogue ID
pleiades:755568222
Place type
archaeological-site, settlement
Coordinates
34.796828, 33.343581
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

The prehistoric settlement at Choirokoitia, in Cyprus. The site was inhabited from the seventh to the fourth millennium B.C. and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998.

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.