event · evt_enkomi_final_abandonment
Final abandonment of urban Enkomi
The occupied city contracted and was abandoned in the eleventh century BCE after centuries of urban and metallurgical activity.
What is the evidence?
observation
The occupied city contracted and was abandoned in the eleventh century BCE after centuries of urban and metallurgical activity.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.
1075 BCE–1025 BCE
Precision: approximate
highPreferred display range for this event. It preserves positive BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower contexts or alternative chronology models.
- informs · dates and contextualizes
Cyprus During the Iron Age I Period (Late Cypriot IIC–IIIA): Settlement Pattern Crisis (LC IIC–IIIA) to the Restructuring (LC IIIB) of Its Settlement Pattern — Maria Iacovou (2014)Places abandonment later than the first transition disruptions.
Locator: Enkomi LC IIIB trajectory - informs · provides synthesis
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Frames abandonment within regional restructuring.
Locator: Enkomi final phases
1100 BCE–1050 BCE
Precision: approximate
Chronology model: Late LC IIIA–IIIB model
moderateBroader conventional range for Enkomi's final urban contraction and abandonment.
- informs · dates
Cyprus During the Iron Age I Period (Late Cypriot IIC–IIIA): Settlement Pattern Crisis (LC IIC–IIIA) to the Restructuring (LC IIIB) of Its Settlement Pattern — Maria Iacovou (2014)Broader conventional range for Enkomi's final urban contraction and abandonment.
Locator: Enkomi final phases
1075 BCE–1025 BCE
Precision: approximate
Chronology model: Resilience synthesis model
highLater eleventh-century endpoint used to distinguish Enkomi from mid-twelfth-century Hala Sultan Tekke.
- informs · dates
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Later eleventh-century endpoint used to distinguish Enkomi from mid-twelfth-century Hala Sultan Tekke.
Locator: Enkomi comparative chronology
Interpretation and caveats
Final abandonment post-dated the better-known circa-1200 BCE disruptions and probably involved regional relocation and institutional reorganization.
Event context
Classification
Event type: urban abandonment and relocation
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Enkomi, Eastern Mesaoria and Enkomi hinterland
Why it matters to the timeline
Directly reconstructs a Cypriot site, landscape, institution, community, or chronological transition within the primary interval.
Research notes
- Places abandonment later than the first transition disruptions. Role: dates and contextualizes. Locator: Enkomi LC IIIB trajectory.
- Frames abandonment within regional restructuring. Role: provides synthesis. Locator: Enkomi final phases.
Evidence and sources
- informs · dates and contextualizes
Cyprus During the Iron Age I Period (Late Cypriot IIC–IIIA): Settlement Pattern Crisis (LC IIC–IIIA) to the Restructuring (LC IIIB) of Its Settlement Pattern — Maria Iacovou (2014)Places abandonment later than the first transition disruptions.
Locator: Enkomi LC IIIB trajectory - informs · provides synthesis
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Frames abandonment within regional restructuring.
Locator: Enkomi final phases
Referenced records
- Eastern Mesaoria and Enkomi hinterland · entity
- Enkomi · entity