Historical place profile

Serra del Cedro (Basilicata)

The hill of Serra del Cedro in Basilicata (858 meters above sea level) is occupied already in the archaic period. By the fourth century BCE the settlement covers some 30 ha.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:789341654
Catalogue ID
pleiades:789341654
Place type
hill, settlement
Coordinates
40.478579, 16.218402
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

The hill of Serra del Cedro in Basilicata (858 meters above sea level) is occupied already in the archaic period. By the fourth century BCE the settlement covers some 30 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: 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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