Historical place profile

Tarasov Mound Site

Area with 17 Early Iron Age mounds located near the modern village Tarasovo and the Kama river in Russia's Udmurtia state. All mounds had settlements except Tarasov I, which was the location of a religious sanctuary and cemetery. The site has been partially destroyed by oil digging in the area.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:839594249
Catalogue ID
pleiades:839594249
Place type
archaeological-site, cemetery, sanctuary, settlement
Coordinates
56.232814, 54.103758
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Area with 17 Early Iron Age mounds located near the modern village Tarasovo and the Kama river in Russia's Udmurtia state. All mounds had settlements except Tarasov I, which was the location of a religious sanctuary and cemetery. The site has been partially destroyed by oil digging in the area.

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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