geography assertion · geom_egyfull_site_egyfull_mersa_gawasis
Geography assertion for site_egyfull_mersa_gawasis
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
research_reconstruction_from_published_place_locationcoordinate confidence
moderatereconstruction method
Representative point rounded from a published gazetteer or site publication; WGS84 longitude-latitude order.valid from
- era
- BCE
- year
- 2000
valid to
- era
- BCE
- year
- 1700
explanation
The point marks the named archaeological or historical place. It does not encode its ancient footprint, population, administrative territory or period-specific shoreline.uncertainty warning
Research locator only. Site extent and landscape context changed through time.Evidence and sources
- supports · locates
Mersa/Wadi Gawasis and Ancient Egyptian Maritime Trade in the Red Sea — Kathryn A. Bard, Rodolfo Fattovich (2015)Supports the representative location and named-place identification.
Locator: Published Mersa/Wadi Gawasis harbour location; rounded point
Referenced records
- Mersa/Wadi Gawasis · entity