Historical place profile
Lidar
Lidar or Lidar Höyük is an archaeological site located in southeastern Anatolia, to the northwest of Sanliurfa, Türkiye, and just southwest of the village of Lidar (district of Bozova). This settlement mound measured roughly 200x240 meters and stood 25 m high. Its remains are now inundated by the Atatürk Dam.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:658520
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:658520
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.473300, 38.480600
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Lidar or Lidar Höyük is an archaeological site located in southeastern Anatolia, to the northwest of Sanliurfa, Türkiye, and just southwest of the village of Lidar (district of Bozova). This settlement mound measured roughly 200x240 meters and stood 25 m high. Its remains are now inundated by the Atatürk Dam.
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 67 H1 Lidar
Source and reuse
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