Historical place profile
Poliochne
A Bronze Age settlement on the island of Lemnos, Poliochne pre-dates Troy I and shows influence from the Greek mainland during Early Helladic II (ca. 2500 BC). Mycenaean horizons have also been identified.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:422676686
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:422676686
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 39.853737, 25.343031
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A Bronze Age settlement on the island of Lemnos, Poliochne pre-dates Troy I and shows influence from the Greek mainland during Early Helladic II (ca. 2500 BC). Mycenaean horizons have also been identified.
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: Pleiades
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
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