Historical place profile

Incoronata

A protohistoric site located near Metaponto in Italy, Incorata provides important evidence -- especially between the 8th and 6th centuries BCE -- for both indigenous Oenotrian and early Greek colonial physical culture in Italy.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:442620
Catalogue ID
pleiades:442620
Place type
archaeological-site, settlement
Coordinates
40.371173, 16.737532
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

A protohistoric site located near Metaponto in Italy, Incorata provides important evidence -- especially between the 8th and 6th centuries BCE -- for both indigenous Oenotrian and early Greek colonial physical culture in Italy.

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 45 E4 Incoronata

Source and reuse

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Research path

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