claim · claim_alashiya_capital_unresolved
No proposed Alashiyan capital, including Enkomi, Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios, or Alassa, is securely identified by a contemporary title naming the site as the capital.
No proposed Alashiyan capital, including Enkomi, Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios, or Alassa, is securely identified by a contemporary title naming the site as the capital.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · supports
The Location of Alashiya: New Evidence from Petrographic Investigation of Alashiyan Tablets from El-Amarna and Ugarit — Yuval Goren, Shlomo Bunimovitz, Israel Finkelstein, Nadav Na’aman (2003)Distinguishes provenance from capital identification.
Locator: Candidate production areas and capital discussion - supports · proposes alternative model
One City to Rule Them All? The Production of Copper in Enkomi, Cyprus: The Evidence from the Metallurgical Ceramic Assemblage — Demetrios Ioannides, Vasiliki Kassianidou, George Papasavvas (2024)Argues for major coordination while acknowledging debate.
Locator: Enkomi centrality model - supports · provides candidate evidence
Alassa: Excavations at the Late Bronze Age Sites of Pano Mantilaris and Paliotaverna 1984–2000 — Sophocles Hadjisavvas (2017)Documents a plausible regional centre.
Locator: Alassa monumental complex
Contradicting sources
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Referenced records
- Alashiya · entity
- Alassa-Paliotaverna · entity
- Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios · entity
- Enkomi · entity