Pleiades Change Log: 2014-10-01 - 2014-10-31

Audleystown Court Cairn

A dual court grave near the south shore of Strangford Lough in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Auld Bourtreebush

Auld Bourtreebush is a prehistoric stone circle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery

A Neolithic cemetery dated to 3400 to 3100 BC. Fourteen passage tombs have been identified.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Ryan M. Horne

Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery

A grouping of fourth-millennium BC Neolithic monuments located on the Cúil Irra peninsula near Sligo, Ireland.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Castle of Gradara

A castle in the Marche built first in the eleventh century.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Clivus Capitolinus

The principal road leading to the Capitolium and the Arx in the city of Rome.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott

Cloghanmore

A megalithic chamber tomb located in County Donegal, Ireland.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Drombeg stone circle

A megalithic stone circle monument, also known as the Druid's Altar, consisting of seventeen closely spaced stones with a diameter of 9.3 m. Thirteen stones survive today.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Dún Ailinne

An ancient ceremonial site located in County Kildare, Ireland. The circular enclosure once covered ca. 13 ha.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Eightercua

A megalithic tomb dated ca. 1700 BC located near Waterville, County Kerry, Ireland.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Eshnunna

An ancient Sumerian and Akkadian city in the Diyala Valley (modern Tell Asmar in Diyala Province, Iraq).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Ryan M. Horne

Knockeen dolmen

A megalithic dolmen located in Knockeen, County Waterford, Ireland.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Rollright Stones

A complex of three Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monuments dating from the fourth to second millennia B.C. located on the borders of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire in the English Midlands.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Ryan M. Horne

Tibradden Chambered Cairn

A prehistoric cairn located atop Tibradden Mountain.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Uragh Stone Circle

A stone circle measuring 33 by 26 feet with 11 standing stones located near Gleninchaquin Park, Tuosist, County Kerry, Ireland.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Vicus Iugarius

An ancient street that led from the Forum Romanum to the porta Carmentalis, passing between the basilica Iulia and the temple of the Castors.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Adana/Antiochia ad Sarum

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 66 G3 Adana/Antiochia ad Sarum
Creators: S. Mitchell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Ryan M. Horne, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: initial revision; location from osm created by products.pleiadesentity.browser.osm.osmlocationfactory
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ardea

Ardea was an ancient settlement of the Rutuli in Latium.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Argos Hippium/Arpi/Argyripa

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 45 C1 Argos Hippium/Arpi/Argyripa
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: location from osm created by products.pleiadesentity.browser.osm.osmlocationfactory
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Col. Carnuntum

A site first mentioned (A.D. 6) as a winter camp of Tiberius, Carnuntum eventually became a legionary base and the seat of the governor for Pannonia.
Creators: L.F. Pitts, A. Bursche
Contributors: R. Talbert, E. Krekovič, Jeffrey Becker, P. Kaczanowski, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Madyda‑Legutko, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt
Modifications: added name; edited description, added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Danuvius/Istros/Hister (river)

The Danube river.
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott
Modifications: location from osm created by products.pleiadesentity.browser.osm.osmlocationfactory
Actors: Adam Rabinowitz

Eridu

Eridu was an ancient city of Sumeria and perhaps one of the first true cities. The site is settled from ca. 5300 B.C. onward. Eridu was located approximately Located 12 km southwest of Ur and was the southernmost of a conglomeration of Sumerian cities that grew up around temple complexes.
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, P. Flensted Jensen, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: edited references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

[Girsu]/Tello(h)

A Sumerian city-state.
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, P. Flensted Jensen, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; location from osm created by products.pleiadesentity.browser.osm.osmlocationfactory
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ḫafāǧa

A Sumerian city located on the Diyala River known for its Early Dynastic temples.
Creators: B. Siewert-Mayer, W. Röllig, H. Kopp
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: added reference; location from osm created by products.pleiadesentity.browser.osm.osmlocationfactory
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Knocknakilla megaliths

A megalithic complex located between Macroom and Millstreet, in County Cork, Ireland, and thought to have been constructed ca. 3,500 years ago.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Larsa

Larsa was an important city of ancient Sumeria. It was a center of the cult of Utu, the sun god.
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors: Sean Gillies, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: edited description, added references; location from osm created by products.pleiadesentity.browser.osm.osmlocationfactory
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Loughbrickland Crannóg

A Bronze Age crannog settlement located south west of Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Modifications: added connection
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Megara Hyblaia

Megara Hyblaia was an ancient Greek colony in eastern Sicily founded in the eighth century B.C.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, R. Talbert
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S. Cesareo

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 43 C2 S. Cesareo
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sexi/Saxetanum

Sexi/Saxetanum (modern Almuñécar) was a Phoenician colony established ca. 800 BC that eventually became a Roman one (Sexi Firmum Iulium).
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Gabriel Bodard
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Seyhrig

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 80 E4 Seyhrig
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Sippar

Sippar (or Zimbir) was an ancient city located on the east bank of the Euphrates river at the site of modern Tell Abu Habbah. In order to avoid confusing this site with its sister city of Sippar-Amnanum (Tell ed-Der), it is sometimes labeled as Sippar-Yahrurum.
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: edited description, added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sorviodunum

Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) is the site of pre-Roman habitation in Salisbury, England, where occupation began as early as 3,000 B.C. The oval Pre-Roman fort, covering some 11 ha, was re-used during the Roman and Norman periods.
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Šuruppak

An ancient Sumerian city located about 35 miles south of Nippur on the banks of the Euphrates river. A place from the TAVO index.
Creators: B. Siewert-Mayer, W. Röllig, H. Kopp
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: edited description; location from osm created by products.pleiadesentity.browser.osm.osmlocationfactory
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Thamugadi

A Roman colonial town founded in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria by the Emperor Trajan around AD 100. The city's full name was Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi. Trajan named the city in commemoration of his mother Marcia, eldest sister Ulpia Marciana, and father Marcus Ulpius Traianus.
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Jonathan Fu
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Thysdrus

Thysdrus (modern El Djem, Tunisia) was a Punic and Roman city of North Africa. It flourished in the second century A.D. and built its massive amphitheater in the third century. After an abortive revolt in A.D. 238, the city was destroyed by soldiers loyal to Maximinus Thrax.
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, Sean Gillies
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Umma

Umma was an important ancient city of Sumer but has not been scientifically excavated. The mainstream of scholarly opinion associates the ancient site with Tell Jokha, Iraq, located in Iraq's Northwestern Dhi Qar Governorate. This area is remote and is associated with a network of ancient canals. Tell Jokha measures about 1,500 meters in diameter.
Creators: B. Siewert-Mayer, W. Röllig, H. Kopp
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Francis Deblauwe, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, Ryan M. Horne, Eric Kansa
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Via Ardeatina

The Via Ardeatina connected Rome and Ardea.
Creators: L. Quilici and S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker