Historical place profile

Tawilan

Settlement near the village of Tawilan, Jordan, just west of Petra, with archaeological remains from the Iron Age and Persian period. Notably, there is no evidence of Nabataean occupation at this site despite its proximity to Petra.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:394649380
Catalogue ID
pleiades:394649380
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
30.335813, 35.481513
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Settlement near the village of Tawilan, Jordan, just west of Petra, with archaeological remains from the Iron Age and Persian period. Notably, there is no evidence of Nabataean occupation at this site despite its proximity to Petra.

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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