Historical place profile
Henchir el Khaway
Henchir el Khaway is located on the southwest coast of the island of Djerba, in the northwest outskirts of modern Tunisian village of Guellala. The settlement here was founded at least as early as the fifth century BCE. Its longevity and development are attested by archaeological evidence (both terrestrial and maritime/submerged) dating well into late antiquity.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:344386
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:344386
- Place type
- production, settlement
- Coordinates
- 33.733540, 10.838071
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Henchir el Khaway is located on the southwest coast of the island of Djerba, in the northwest outskirts of modern Tunisian village of Guellala. The settlement here was founded at least as early as the fifth century BCE. Its longevity and development are attested by archaeological evidence (both terrestrial and maritime/submerged) dating well into late antiquity.
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 Guellala
Source and reuse
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Research path
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