Historical place profile
Pantalica
Archaeological area near Sortino, in Sicily, famous for its large rocky necropolis. The place was occupied from the 13th century BC to the Byzantine period. Formerly identified with the ancient settlement of Herbessos, it is now more often associated with Hybla Gereatis.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:462412
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:462412
- Place type
- cemetery, settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.139715, 15.032670
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Archaeological area near Sortino, in Sicily, famous for its large rocky necropolis. The place was occupied from the 13th century BC to the Byzantine period. Formerly identified with the ancient settlement of Herbessos, it is now more often associated with Hybla Gereatis.
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 47 G4 Pantalica
Source and reuse
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Research path
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