entity · site_lixus
Lixus
A major site in the lower Loukkos basin whose earliest securely supported occupation belongs around the eighth century BCE.
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.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
800 BCE–750 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides site history
Ville de Lixus — UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Ministère des Affaires Culturelles du Maroc (1995)Supports the eighth-century archaeological horizon.
Locator: Site description and earliest occupation summary - informs · locates
Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places — Ancient World Mapping Center, Stoa ConsortiumProvides a representative site point.
Locator: Pleiades 275666
Research description
Lixus is included at the project boundary to prevent later literary or traditional foundation claims from being projected into the Bronze Age. The point marks the archaeological site, while a pre-eighth-century foundation remains unproven in this package.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides site history
Ville de Lixus — UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Ministère des Affaires Culturelles du Maroc (1995)Supports the eighth-century archaeological horizon.
Locator: Site description and earliest occupation summary - informs · locates
Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places — Ancient World Mapping Center, Stoa ConsortiumProvides a representative site point.
Locator: Pleiades 275666
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_lixus · geography assertion