event · evt_enkomi_late_thirteenth_disruption
Late thirteenth-century disruption at Enkomi
Several excavation areas at Enkomi record damage, architectural change, or destruction near the end of Late Cypriot IIC.
What is the evidence?
observation
Several excavation areas at Enkomi record damage, architectural change, or destruction near the end of Late Cypriot IIC.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.
1230 BCE–1190 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 · synthesizes site sequence
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Separates multiple Enkomi episodes from an island-wide event.
Locator: Enkomi LC IIC–IIIA table and discussion - informs · 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)Supports continued occupation after disruption.
Locator: Enkomi settlement trajectory
Interpretation and caveats
The evidence marks a site-level disruption whose exact synchronism with other Cypriot destructions remains uncertain.
Event context
Classification
Event type: site specific destruction or disruption
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Enkomi
Why it matters to the timeline
Directly reconstructs a Cypriot site, landscape, institution, community, or chronological transition within the primary interval.
Alternative interpretations
- Some destruction labels may combine excavation areas or ceramic phases that were not exactly contemporary. (moderate confidence)
Research notes
- Separates multiple Enkomi episodes from an island-wide event. Role: synthesizes site sequence. Locator: Enkomi LC IIC–IIIA table and discussion.
- Supports continued occupation after disruption. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Enkomi settlement trajectory.
Evidence and sources
- informs · synthesizes site sequence
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Separates multiple Enkomi episodes from an island-wide event.
Locator: Enkomi LC IIC–IIIA table and discussion - informs · 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)Supports continued occupation after disruption.
Locator: Enkomi settlement trajectory
Referenced records
- Enkomi · entity