Historical place profile
Punta Secca
An ancient settlement at Punta Secca on Sicily's southern coast. Many scholars have long identified it as a "Kaukana" mentioned by Ptolemy and Procopius, and this identification has been reflected in modern toponymy and in the scholarly literature. It has been rejected -- because there is no natural harbor at Punta Secca -- by R.J.A. Wilson in favor of an as-yet-unlocated position on the coast somewhere east of Capo Scalambri.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:462459
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:462459
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.787877, 14.507181
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient settlement at Punta Secca on Sicily's southern coast. Many scholars have long identified it as a "Kaukana" mentioned by Ptolemy and Procopius, and this identification has been reflected in modern toponymy and in the scholarly literature. It has been rejected -- because there is no natural harbor at Punta Secca -- by R.J.A. Wilson in favor of an as-yet-unlocated position on the coast somewhere east of Capo Scalambri.
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 F5 Punta Secca
Source and reuse
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Research path
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