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ID: 7003925
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7003925
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Morgantina (deserted settlement)  Morgantina (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 37 25 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 37.4167  decimal degrees
Long: 014 24 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 14.4000  decimal degrees

Note: Ruins are located on ridge in strategic position of roads; settled by Sikel people in 3rd mill. BCE; Morgete people probably immigrated from S Italy ca. 1200 BCE; became a Greek outpost; flourished 3rd-2nd cen., was abandoned due to failure of grain market.

Names:
Morgantina (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italy (nation)  ........  Italy (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Sicily (region (administrative division))  ............  Sicily (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861
Hierarchy of Enna (province)  ................  Enna (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Morgantina (deserted settlement)  ....................  Morgantina (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  probably inhabited in 3rd mill. BC; was reported to be abandoned by Strabo writing in ca. 25 BC
archaeological site (C)  ............  excavations were begun in 1955
inhabited place (H)
ruins (C)

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Orlando, Serra .......... (ridge)
..............................  (World, Europe, Italy, Sicily, Enna province) [7902184]

Sources and Contributors:
Morgantina..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.......................  Ancient World, Archaeology (1995) F-E
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.......................  Pleiades (2006-) http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462372
.......................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 594-595
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Ancient World, Archaeology (1995) F-E
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -122664
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 594-595
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites [online] (2000-)

 

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