event · evt_hst_urban_trade_expansion
Hala Sultan Tekke urban and maritime expansion
A large settlement with industries, storage, imported goods, cemeteries, and access to a protected Late Bronze Age bay expanded at Dromolaxia-Vyzatzia.
What is the evidence?
observation
A large settlement with industries, storage, imported goods, cemeteries, and access to a protected Late Bronze Age bay expanded at Dromolaxia-Vyzatzia.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–1250 BCE
Precision: approximate
very highPreferred display range for this event. It preserves positive BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower contexts or alternative chronology models.
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: A Late Bronze Age Trade Metropolis — Peter M. Fischer (2019)Documents the metropolis and harbour setting.
Locator: Urban scale, industries, trade and palaeogeography - informs · updates excavation evidence
The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition (The Söderberg Expedition): Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke 2020 and 2021: Preliminary Results — Peter M. Fischer, Teresa Bürge, B. Placiente Robedizo, C. Eriksson, K. O. Lorentz, N. M. Branca, and collaborators (2022)Adds cemetery and city evidence.
Locator: 2020–2021 results
Interpretation and caveats
Hala Sultan Tekke became one of Cyprus's largest exchange and production nodes without evidence that it constituted a single island capital.
Event context
Classification
Event type: urbanization and maritime exchange expansion
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Hala Sultan Tekke / Dromolaxia-Vyzatzia, Larnaca Bay Late Bronze Age landscape
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 metropolis and harbour setting. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Urban scale, industries, trade and palaeogeography.
- Adds cemetery and city evidence. Role: updates excavation evidence. Locator: 2020–2021 results.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: A Late Bronze Age Trade Metropolis — Peter M. Fischer (2019)Documents the metropolis and harbour setting.
Locator: Urban scale, industries, trade and palaeogeography - informs · updates excavation evidence
The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition (The Söderberg Expedition): Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke 2020 and 2021: Preliminary Results — Peter M. Fischer, Teresa Bürge, B. Placiente Robedizo, C. Eriksson, K. O. Lorentz, N. M. Branca, and collaborators (2022)Adds cemetery and city evidence.
Locator: 2020–2021 results