Historical place profile
Prinias (Patela)
An Iron Age settlement on the Patela plateau north of the modern village of Prinias; its ancient name is uncertain. The site is notable for its occupation from the end of the Bronze Age through to the Archaic period, as well as for the monumental architecture and Orientalizing sculpture of its Buildings ('Temples') A and B.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:589981
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:589981
- Place type
- cemetery, fort-2, settlement, temple-2
- Coordinates
- 35.168970, 25.006544
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An Iron Age settlement on the Patela plateau north of the modern village of Prinias; its ancient name is uncertain. The site is notable for its occupation from the end of the Bronze Age through to the Archaic period, as well as for the monumental architecture and Orientalizing sculpture of its Buildings ('Temples') A and B.
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 60 D2 Patela
Source and reuse
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Research path
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