Historical place profile

Uşaklı Höyük

A Bronze and Iron Age site in Yozgat province, Turkey, tentatively identified as the Hittite town of Zippalanda (Çadır Höyük is another candidate for the location of Zippalanda).

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:512530798
Catalogue ID
pleiades:512530798
Place type
archaeological-site, findspot, settlement
Coordinates
39.812975, 35.052488
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

A Bronze and Iron Age site in Yozgat province, Turkey, tentatively identified as the Hittite town of Zippalanda (Çadır Höyük is another candidate for the location of Zippalanda).

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

Compare this place with the chronological map at the relevant year, nearby political units, routes, institutions and the period portals. Where the source record is silent about jurisdiction, population or ecclesiastical rank, this profile makes no such claim.