Historical place profile
Henchir Bourgou
An ancient settlement located in the east-central portion of the modern Tunisian island of Djerba, northwest of the modern town of Midoun. Archaeological evidence indicates habitation beginning in the 8th century BCE and continuing through the 2nd century CE.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:344390
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:344390
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 33.821428, 10.969091
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient settlement located in the east-central portion of the modern Tunisian island of Djerba, northwest of the modern town of Midoun. Archaeological evidence indicates habitation beginning in the 8th century BCE and continuing through the 2nd century CE.
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 35 C1 Henchir Bourgou
Source and reuse
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Research path
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