event · evt_kalavasos_abandonment
Abandonment of Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios
The planned settlement and Building X complex were evacuated around the end of Late Cypriot IIC; Building X was burned, while the settlement does not show uniform destruction.
What is the evidence?
observation
The planned settlement and Building X complex were evacuated around the end of Late Cypriot IIC; Building X was burned, while the settlement does not show uniform destruction.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.
1225 BCE–1185 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 · provides excavation synthesis
Late Bronze Age Society in Cyprus: Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios Publication Project — Alison South, Vasilikos Valley ProjectDistinguishes localized burning from settlement-wide evidence.
Locator: Final occupation and Building X - informs · provides primary archaeological evidence
Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios II: Ceramics, Objects, Tombs, Specialist Studies — Alison South, Pamela Russell, Priscilla Keswani, and contributors (1989)Provides the published site sequence.
Locator: Ceramics, objects, tombs and final contexts
Interpretation and caveats
Kalavasos represents abandonment and institutional loss with localized burning, not evidence for one island-wide violent destruction.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement abandonment
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios, Vasilikos–Maroni production and settlement corridor
Why it matters to the timeline
Directly reconstructs a Cypriot site, landscape, institution, community, or chronological transition within the primary interval.
Research notes
- Distinguishes localized burning from settlement-wide evidence. Role: provides excavation synthesis. Locator: Final occupation and Building X.
- Provides the published site sequence. Role: provides primary archaeological evidence. Locator: Ceramics, objects, tombs and final contexts.
- Places the event in regional context. Role: compares sequences. Locator: Kalavasos abandonment.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides excavation synthesis
Late Bronze Age Society in Cyprus: Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios Publication Project — Alison South, Vasilikos Valley ProjectDistinguishes localized burning from settlement-wide evidence.
Locator: Final occupation and Building X - informs · provides primary archaeological evidence
Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios II: Ceramics, Objects, Tombs, Specialist Studies — Alison South, Pamela Russell, Priscilla Keswani, and contributors (1989)Provides the published site sequence.
Locator: Ceramics, objects, tombs and final contexts - informs · compares sequences
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Places the event in regional context.
Locator: Kalavasos abandonment