Historical place profile
Kyparissia
An ancient settlement of Laconia in the Peloponnese, identified by modern scholars with the modern Boza plateau and the west-facing bay below it (northwest of ancient Asopos). The area has produced archaeological evidence dating from the bronze age to late Roman.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:570396
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:570396
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.686892, 22.817073
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient settlement of Laconia in the Peloponnese, identified by modern scholars with the modern Boza plateau and the west-facing bay below it (northwest of ancient Asopos). The area has produced archaeological evidence dating from the bronze age to late Roman.
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 58 D4 Kyparissia
Source and reuse
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Research path
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