Historical place profile
Tell Sukas
The ancient Shuksi or Suksi, the archaeological site of Tell Sukas is a Late Bronze Age tell located south of Jableh, Syria. The site was situated at the center of the fertile plain of Jableh and had access to two natural harbors.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:434181559
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:434181559
- Place type
- archaeological-site, findspot, settlement
- Coordinates
- 35.306109, 35.922551
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The ancient Shuksi or Suksi, the archaeological site of Tell Sukas is a Late Bronze Age tell located south of Jableh, Syria. The site was situated at the center of the fertile plain of Jableh and had access to two natural harbors.
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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