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Tom Elliott
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Roman Historian and Human Digitalist. Works for NYU's https://isaw.nyu.edu, but lives near Huntsville, Alabama. Editor/PI of the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places (https://pleiades.stoa.org).

Primary social account: https://hcommons.social/@paregorios/
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Till I run out of the People's gas? Well, the Bregel dataset coverage in WHG looks like this and I'd like to have corresponding Pleiades places for everything ancient/medieval therein. I've also been thinking about peninsular south India and Sri Lanka where P only has a 20th-century Romanist lens.
A heat map showing heavy concentration (blobs of orange) over portions of northern Afghanistan, Turkemnistan, southern Kazakhstan and adjacent areas but stretching as far west as eastern Turkey, as far east as western Mongolia, as far south as northern India and as far north as southern Russia.
October 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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57 updated place resources in Central Asia, now with @whgazetteer.org links: pleiades.stoa.org/search?Cites...
An outline map showing modern country borders and labels on which a number of orange dots are arranged in a scattered way. Countries completely included and labeled are Bangladesh, Bhutan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, and Uzbekistan. Some other countries and parts of countries are also included in the coverage, but not completely labeled.
October 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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The #PleiadesGazetteer is now including ToposText links in the Linked Data Sidebar. Read all about it: pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/to...

#ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology #DH #gazetteers #HGIS
The ToposText Logo, crediting the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation.
October 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (22-29 September 2025) the editorial college published 7 new and 210 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 8 contributors and editors. Full list and details: pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...

#ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology
A terrain map with orange markers for updates and pink circles for new place resources. The map covers the area from the Iberian peninsula in the west to the Ganges delta in the east and from northern Europe to central Africa.
September 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (15-22 September 2025), the editorial college published 17 new and 233 updated place resources, reflecting the work of thirteen people and two organizations. Full details on the blog at pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...

#ancientGeography #ancientHistory
A terrain map with orange markers for updates and pink circles for new place resources. The map covers the area from modern Morocco in the west to Sri Lanka in the east and from northern Europe to the Horn of Africa.
September 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Report: #PleiadesGazetteer Co-Working Day (September 2025): 11 coworkers, 3 new and 117 updated place resources. Details: pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/re...
A terrain map with orange markers for updates and pink circles for new place resources. The map covers the area from Sardinia in the west to modern Afghanistan in the east and from southern Europe to the Horn of Africa.
September 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Last week the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college published 17 new and 116 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 8 contributors and editors:
pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...

#ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology #DH #gazetteers #HGIS
A terrain map with orange markers for updates and pink circles for new place resources. The map covers the area from the Strait of Gibraltar in the west to the Hindu Kush in the east and from northern Europe to the southern Red Sea.
September 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Last Week (25 August - 1 September 2025) in the #PleiadesGazetteer of ancient places, the editorial college published 15 new and 74 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 9 contributors and editors. Details on the blog: pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...
A terrain map with orange markers for updates and pink circles for new place resources. The map covers the area from the Iberian peninsula in the west to the Caspian Sea in the east and from northern Europe to the middle Nile.
September 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Last week the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college published 9 new and 294 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 5 people. Get all the details on the blog at: pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...
A terrain map with orange markers for updates and pink circles for new place resources. The map covers the area from the Iberian peninsula in the west to the Ganes delta in the east and from the British Isles in the North to the Horn of Africa.
August 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (4-11 August 2025)

You can examine a list of the changed and updated resources on the blog at pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...

#ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology #DH #gazetteers #HGIS
A terrain map with orange markers for updates and pink circles for new place resources. The map covers the area from the North Sea and western Mediterranean to the middle Nile and modern Pakistan and western India in the southeast.
August 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Last week (28 July - 4 August 2025) the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college published 14 new and 224 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 15 contributors and editors. Get all the details on the blog at pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...
A terrain map with orange markers for updates and pink circles for new place resources. The map covers the area from North Sea and modern Morocco to the middle Nile in the south and western modern China in the northeast.
August 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Last Month in the #PleiadesGazetteer of ancient places (30 June - 28 July 2025)

Last month the Pleiades editorial college published 51 new and 333 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 12 contributors.

Details on the blog: pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...
A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map covers the area from the Faroe Islands in the north and modern Morocco in the west to the middle Nile in the south and modern Afghanistan in the east.
July 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Last Week (16-23 June 2025) the Pleiades editorial college published 16 new and 294 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 9 contributors. Check out the full list at pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...
A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map covers the area from northern Europe and the Iberian peninsula in the northwest to modern Oman and Pakistan in the southeast.
June 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Last Week in Pleiades (9-16 June 2025) is now up on the blog at pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...

Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 7 new and 267 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Brady Kiesling and N. Purcell.
A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map covers the eart from northern Europe and the Iberian peninsula in the northwest to Sri Lanka in the southeast.
June 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Overview map showing new and changed place resources over the past week in the #PleiadesGazetteer. Get all the details on the blog at pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...
A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map spans west to east: southeastern France to the Levant. From north to south, it spans: Austria to the middle Nile.
June 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Last Week in Pleiades (27 May - 2 June 2025): 15 new and 150 updated place resources. Get full details (and credits!) on the blog at pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...
A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map spans west to east: the Iberian Peninsula to the Gulf of Oman. From north to south, it spans: northern Europe to the middle Nile.
June 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Direct link to the blog post for "last week in Pleiades 2025-05-27": pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...
A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map spans west to east: the Iberian Peninsula to the Indian subcontinent. From north to south, it spans: the British Isles to the middle Nile.
May 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Last week in Pleiades (12-19 May 2025): 12 new and 140 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Margherita Fantoli, Greta Hawes, Chris de Lisle, R. Scott Smith and Richard Talbert.

Details and links on the blog: pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...
A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map spans west to east: the Iberian Peninsula to the Persian Gulf. From north to south, it spans: northern Europe to the middle Nile.
May 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Last Week in the Pleiades gazetteer (5-12 May 2025)

Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 19 new and 233 updated place resources reflecting the work of 9 contributors and editors ... get all the details on the blog at pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...
A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map spans west to east: the Atlantic Ocean to the Caspian Sea. From north to south, it spans: northern Europe to the middle Nile.
May 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 8 new and 94 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, R. Scott Smith and Richard Talbert: pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...
A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map spans west to east: the Iberian Peninsula to the Hindu Kush. From north to south, it spans: the British Isles to the northern Red Sea.
April 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Last Week in the Pleiades Gazetteer (14-21 April 2025): pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...
A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map spans west to east: the Iberian Peninsul to the Strait of Hormuz. From north to south, it spans: the British Isles to the southern Red Sea.
April 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Hey @ach.bsky.social I tried to register for tomorrow's op-ed workshop but got this:
ach Thanks for registering! Mailing Error: Unable to send email. Please report this message to the site administrator. Your registration has been processed successfully. A registration confirmation email has also been sent to ...... Event Information ACH Op-Ed Workshop When April 11, 2025 12:30 PM through 1:30 PM Location: online United States Participant Information Your Registration Info First Name Last Name Email Address
April 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Last week the Pleiades gazetteer editorial college published 28 new and 177 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Chris de Lisle, Gethin Rees, Nicolas Souchon and Scott Vanderbilt.

Details on the blog at pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...
A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map spans west to east: the Strait of Gibraltar to Central Asia. From north to south, it spans: the British Isles to the middle Nile.
March 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer of ancient places (4-11 November 2024), the editorial college published 288 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker and Tom Elliott.

pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la...

Boosts appreciated.

#ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology
A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Indian subcontinent in the east.
November 12, 2024 at 4:12 PM