Historical place profile
Pontecagnano
The ancient settlement of Pontecagnano is located on the plain of the Sele river, about 4 km from the sea. Settlement begins in the Chalcolithic period. The Early Iron Age sees the arrival of people identified as Villanovans who originated in South Etruria, initiating a proto-urban phase of the settlement covering some 80 ha.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:442728
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:442728
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 40.646500, 14.871604
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The ancient settlement of Pontecagnano is located on the plain of the Sele river, about 4 km from the sea. Settlement begins in the Chalcolithic period. The Early Iron Age sees the arrival of people identified as Villanovans who originated in South Etruria, initiating a proto-urban phase of the settlement covering some 80 ha.
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 A3 Pontecagnano
Source and reuse
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Research path
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