geography assertion · geo_site_abel_beth_maacah
Geography assertion for site_abel_beth_maacah
Also known as: Tell Abil el-Qameh
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Geography and uncertainty
geometry type
site_pointcoordinate status
source_checked_representative_pointcoordinate confidence
moderatereconstruction method
Representative point transcribed from published site location and cross-checked against the Pleiades scholarly gazetteer where available; rounded to four decimal places.valid from
- era
- BCE
- year
- 1600
valid to
- era
- BCE
- year
- 800
explanation
The point marks the archaeological site or tell conventionally identified as Abel Beth Maacah. It does not represent the settlement footprint, municipal boundary, or ancient territory.uncertainty warning
The point is a map locator. Ancient occupation may cover a larger mound, lower city, harbour, cemetery, or dispersed landscape, and contested identifications remain source-dependent.Evidence and sources
- informs · locates
The Southern Roots of the Phoenician World — Ayelet Gilboa (2022)Supports identification and archaeological location of Abel Beth Maacah; the point is a representative site locator, not an excavation footprint.
Locator: northern coastal and inland interaction context - informs · locates
Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places — Ancient World Mapping Center, Stoa ConsortiumProvides an independent ancient-place orientation where a corresponding or nearby place record is available; coordinates are rounded to four decimal places.
Locator: Gazetteer search/place record for Abel Beth Maacah; representative point cross-check, accessed 2026-08-12
Referenced records
- Galilee and northern valleys · entity
- Abel Beth Maacah · entity