---
license: other
license_name: mixed-cc-by-mit-academic
license_link: LICENSE
language:
  - en
  - lat
  - grc
  - akk
  - hbo
task_categories:
  - other
  - feature-extraction
tags:
  - archaeology
  - biblical-archaeology
  - ancient-near-east
  - ancient-history
  - geospatial
  - gis
  - roman-empire
  - late-antiquity
  - nuberea
size_categories:
  - 10K<n<100K
configs:
  - config_name: findings
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: data/findings/train-*.parquet
  - config_name: orbis_sites
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: data/orbis_sites/train-*.parquet
  - config_name: orbis_network
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: data/orbis_network/train-*.parquet
  - config_name: hanson_cities
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: data/hanson_cities/train-*.parquet
  - config_name: hanson_areas
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: data/hanson_areas/train-*.parquet
  - config_name: pleiades_places
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: data/pleiades_places/train-*.parquet
status: active
---

# NuBerea Archaeology & Ancient Geography

An archaeology and ancient-geography dataset for biblical studies: a curated registry of archaeological findings bearing on biblical interpretation, alongside geographic reference tables for the Roman world (site gazetteer, travel-route network, urban demographics) refactored from public scholarly datasets. It is part of a curated corpus estate maintained by NuBerea. Access is restricted; contact the maintainers for details.

## Attribution

This dataset incorporates material from the following upstream sources, whose licenses require attribution:

| Source | License |
|--------|--------|
| [Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places (ISAW/AWMC)](https://pleiades.stoa.org/) | CC-BY 3.0 |
| [ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World (Scheidel & Meeks)](https://orbis.stanford.edu/) | MIT |
| [Hanson, Cities database (OXREP)](https://oxrep.web.ox.ac.uk/cities-database) | Academic citation use |

## License

Mixed upstream licensing (CC-BY 3.0 / MIT / academic citation use) plus curated original material; see the per-source table above.