Historical place profile
Ghar El Kebir settlement
Settlement associated with Punic and Roman quarries known today as Ghar El Kebir (previously and perhaps in error: Rhar-el-Kebir). The complex is perhaps to be associated with the ancient name Latomiai.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:315062
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:315062
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.058738, 10.996663
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Settlement associated with Punic and Roman quarries known today as Ghar El Kebir (previously and perhaps in error: Rhar-el-Kebir). The complex is perhaps to be associated with the ancient name Latomiai.
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 32 H2 Latomiae?
Source and reuse
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Research path
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