claim · claim_alashiya_political_structure_variable
Late Bronze Age Cyprus may have shifted between regionally organized centres, networked coordination, and periods of greater centralization rather than maintaining one unchangin…
Late Bronze Age Cyprus may have shifted between regionally organized centres, networked coordination, and periods of greater centralization rather than maintaining one unchanging island-wide state.
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · supports
The Archaeology of Cyprus: From Earliest Prehistory through the Bronze Age — A. Bernard Knapp (2013)Reviews heterarchical and centralized interpretations.
Locator: Political economy synthesis - supports · supports
Cultural and Political Configurations in Iron Age Cyprus: The Sequel to a Protohistoric Episode — Maria Iacovou (2008)Provides a decentralized territorial model.
Locator: Protohistoric political configurations - 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)Reopens the centralization question through metallurgy.
Locator: One City to Rule Them All?
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Referenced records
- Alashiya · entity
- Unnamed local political and administrative authorities · entity
- Kition-Kathari · entity
- Enkomi · entity
- Palaepaphos / Kouklia · entity