Eles, Tunisia

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Eles

اللاس

Eles is the site of a large number of megalithic dolmens

Eles

Location in Tunisia

Coordinates:  [ ⚑ ] : 35°56′55″N 9°5′50″E﻿ / ﻿35.94861°N 9.09722°E﻿ / 35.94861; 9.09722
Country| 25px Tunisia
Governorate| Siliana Governorate
Time zone| UTC1 (CET)

Eles (also transliterated as Ellès and Al Las) is a village in the Siliana Governorate, Tunisia. It is located around  [ ⚑ ] 35°56′55″N 9°5′50″E﻿ / ﻿35.94861°N 9.09722°E﻿ / 35.94861; 9.09722, about 13 km northwest of Maktar[1][2] in Siliana Governorate.[3]

Eles, Tunisia sits over a natural spring at the base of the surrounding hills.

kids at the Spring : Eles village, Tunisia, North Africa

The village is notable for the large number of dolmens found immediately to the west,[4] thought to be from around 2500 BC. BC.[5][6] south and east of the village which are typical of the tombs found around Maktar.[7] A study of fifty-three of the dolmens by Belmonte, Esteban and Jiménez González[8] suggest that some of these tombs may be orientated towards Alpha Centauri. In contrast Hoskin[9] argues that Tunisian dolmen orientations can be explained by the local topography, in that the entrances all face downhill.

The local rock strata are geologically interesting as they provide a particularly good record of the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary,[10] which is now better known as the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.

During the Roman Empire and late antiquity there was a civitas (Roman town) called Ululi.[11][12]

## Citations

1. ↑ Eles, Tunisia at itouchmap.com
2. ↑ Eles, Tunisia at citymap.com
3. ↑ Eles, Tunisia at mapmondo.org.
4. ↑ "Description et photos du site d'Ellès (LookLex)". http://lexicorient.com/tunisia/elles.htm.
5. ↑ Belmonte, J. A. Esteban, C. and Jiménez González, J. J. (1998). «Pre-Roman Tombs of Africa Proconsularis»: S7–S24
6. ↑ Harbi-Riahi, M. Gragueb, A. Camps, G. M'Timet, A. Zoughlami, J. (1985). Atlas Préhistorique de la Tunisie (8 Maktar) Institut National d'Archéologie et d'Art de Tunis and École Français de Rome [S.l.] ISBN 2-7283-0091-7
7. ↑ Harbi-Riahi et al. 1985:19
8. ↑ Belmonte et al. 1998
9. ↑ Hoskin 2001:206-8
10. ↑ Coccioni and Marsilia 2007
11. ↑ Titular Episcopal See of Ululi, at GCatholic.org.
12. ↑ Ululensis at catholic-hierarchy.org.

## General and cited references

* Belmonte, J.A.; Esteban C.; Jiménez González, J.J. (1998). "Pre-Roman Tombs of Africa Proconsularis". Archaeoastronomy: Supplement to the Journal for the History of Astronomy 23 (29): S7–S24. doi:10.1177/002182869802902302.
* Coccioni, R.; Marsilia, A. (November 2007). "The response of benthic foraminifera to the K–Pg boundary biotic crisis at Elles (north-western Tunisia)". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 255 (1–2): 157–180. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.02.046.
* Hoskin, M. (2001). Tombs, Temples, and Their Orientations: A New Perspective on Mediterranean Prehistory. Ocarina Books. ISBN 0-9540867-1-6.
* Harbi-Riahi, M.; Gragueb, A.; Camps, G.; M'Timet, A.; Zoughlami, J. (1985). Atlas Préhistorique de la Tunisie (8 Maktar). Institut National d'Archéologie et d'Art de Tunis and École Français de Rome. ISBN 2-7283-0091-7.

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