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geography assertion · geo_cape_gelidonya_shipwreck

Geography assertion for site_cape_gelidonya_shipwreck

Awaiting expert reviewCyprus research expansion, 1600-800 BCE
Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

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Geography and uncertainty

geometry type

site_point

coordinate status

approximate_research_locator

coordinate confidence

high

reconstruction method

Conservative representative locator synthesized from the cited gazetteer or site publication.

valid from

era
BCE
year
1250

valid to

era
BCE
year
1150

explanation

Representative point for the archaeological site. It is not a settlement footprint, harbour boundary, cemetery extent, or political territory.

uncertainty warning

Coordinate precision varies with publication and access. Approximate points support regional display only and must not be used for cadastral, ownership, or border inference.

Evidence and sources

  • informs · locates
    Cape Gelidonya: A Bronze Age Shipwreck — George F. Bass, Peter Throckmorton, Joan du Plat Taylor, J. B. Hennessy, Alan R. Shulman, Hans-Günter Buchholz (1967)

    Representative point for the archaeological site. It is not a settlement footprint, harbour boundary, cemetery extent, or political territory.


    Locator: Published wreck location off the Lycian coast

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