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geography assertion · geo_site_ashkelon

Geography assertion for site_ashkelon

Also known as: Ascalon

Evidence confidence: moderate
Awaiting expert reviewSouthern Levant and biblical-period peoples research expansion
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_point

coordinate status

source_checked_representative_point

coordinate confidence

moderate

reconstruction 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 Ashkelon. 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
    Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines — Michal Feldman, Daniel M. Master, Raffaela A. Bianco, Marta Burri, Philipp W. Stockhammer, Alissa Mittnik, Adam J. Aja, Choongwon Jeong, Johannes Krause (2019)

    Supports identification and archaeological location of Ashkelon; the point is a representative site locator, not an excavation footprint.


    Locator: Ashkelon contexts and genomic sample sequence
  • informs · locates
    Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places — Ancient World Mapping Center, Stoa Consortium

    Provides 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 Ashkelon; representative point cross-check, accessed 2026-08-12

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