Historical place profile
El Chuche (settlement)
A Roman-period hilltop site, partially excavated in the 20th century, that lies just west of the modern Spanish village of El Chuche in the municipal district of Benahadux, Almeria. It is probably to be associated with the attested Roman name "Urci". The archaeological record of human habitation on and near the site stretches back to the Chalcolithic.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:266085
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:266085
- Place type
- archaeological-site, hill, settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.913113, -2.452156
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A Roman-period hilltop site, partially excavated in the 20th century, that lies just west of the modern Spanish village of El Chuche in the municipal district of Benahadux, Almeria. It is probably to be associated with the attested Roman name "Urci". The archaeological record of human habitation on and near the site stretches back to the Chalcolithic.
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: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 27 C5 Urci?
Source and reuse
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Research path
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