Historical place profile
Unnamed settlement near Bir el Kerma, Algeria
Remains of an ancient settlement of Roman date, recorded by Gsell (AAA, whence BAtlas). The location should lie within a kilometer of the BAtlas coordinates: a point near modern Bir el Kerma, which is located in the modern municipal territory of Tixter (Bordj Bou Arreridj willaya).
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:208943653
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:208943653
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.012852, 5.130097
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Remains of an ancient settlement of Roman date, recorded by Gsell (AAA, whence BAtlas). The location should lie within a kilometer of the BAtlas coordinates: a point near modern Bir el Kerma, which is located in the modern municipal territory of Tixter (Bordj Bou Arreridj willaya).
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 31 C4
Source and reuse
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Research path
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