event · evt_hala_sultan_tekke_final_abandonment
Final abandonment of Hala Sultan Tekke
Local production of Aegean-type and hybrid tablewares and the movement of coastal imports continued through Late Cypriot IIIA until the city was abandoned around the middle of the twelfth century BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
Local production of Aegean-type and hybrid tablewares and the movement of coastal imports continued through Late Cypriot IIIA until the city was abandoned around the middle of the twelfth century BCE.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.
1160 BCE–1140 BCE
Precision: phase based range
highThe source places abandonment around the middle of the twelfth century BCE. The twenty-year preferred range expresses this phase-level precision rather than an exact year.
- informs · dates
Petrographic Studies of Late Bronze Age Pottery from Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus — Waiman-Barak, Paula, Bürge, Teresa, Fischer, Peter M. (2023)States that production continued until abandonment around the mid-twelfth century BCE.
Locator: Highlights and LC IIIA discussion
Interpretation and caveats
Hala Sultan Tekke remained economically adaptive after the decline of earlier interregional exchange, but its urban occupation then ended in the mid-twelfth century.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement abandonment
Evidence layer: archaeological
People and places
Locations: Hala Sultan Tekke / Dromolaxia-Vyzatzia
Alternative interpretations
- The ceramic evidence does not establish whether abandonment resulted from warfare, political reorganization, environmental pressure, harbor change, or a combination of factors. (high confidence)
Research notes
- Documents production, imports, new supply chains, and mid-twelfth-century abandonment. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Highlights, abstract, and conclusion.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Petrographic Studies of Late Bronze Age Pottery from Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus — Waiman-Barak, Paula, Bürge, Teresa, Fischer, Peter M. (2023)Documents production, imports, new supply chains, and mid-twelfth-century abandonment.
Locator: Highlights, abstract, and conclusion