event · evt_athienou_metallurgical_cultic_activity
Metallurgical and cult activity at Athienou-Bamboulari tis Koukounninas
Long-lived architecture, local and imported finds, copper slag, and ritual assemblages document an inland node with overlapping production, exchange, and cult functions.
What is the evidence?
observation
Long-lived architecture, local and imported finds, copper slag, and ritual assemblages document an inland node with overlapping production, exchange, and cult functions.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1450 BCE–1100 BCE
Precision: approximate
moderatePreferred display range for this event. It preserves positive BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower contexts or alternative chronology models.
- informs · provides project evidence
Athienou Archaeological Project: Bamboulari tis Koukounninas — Athienou Archaeological Project, Davidson CollegeDocuments the multifunctional assemblage and access context.
Locator: Late Bronze Age architecture and finds
Interpretation and caveats
The site should not be reduced to a single label such as fort, workshop, or sanctuary, and its political affiliation is unknown.
Event context
Classification
Event type: multifunctional inland activity
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Athienou-Bamboulari tis Koukounninas, Inland rural and agropastoral settlement of Cyprus
Why it matters to the timeline
Directly reconstructs a Cypriot site, landscape, institution, community, or chronological transition within the primary interval.
Research notes
- Documents the multifunctional assemblage and access context. Role: provides project evidence. Locator: Late Bronze Age architecture and finds.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides project evidence
Athienou Archaeological Project: Bamboulari tis Koukounninas — Athienou Archaeological Project, Davidson CollegeDocuments the multifunctional assemblage and access context.
Locator: Late Bronze Age architecture and finds