event · evt_kition_continuity
Rebuilding and Continuity at Kition
Kition underwent major rebuilding and cultural change without a securely demonstrated terminal violent destruction.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Major rebuilding
- Continuity in occupation
- New material combinations
proposed causes
consequences
Continuity is well supported, while the exact scale of institutional change remains debated.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: reviewed for v0.1. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
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.
1200 BCE–1100 BCE
Precision: archaeological period
moderatearchitecture and material culture
- informs · establishes
Cyprus at the End of the Late Bronze Age: Crisis and Colonization or Continuity and Hybridization? — Ioannis Voskos, A. Bernard Knapp (2008)
Locator: Kition discussion - informs · supports
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)
Locator: Kition discussion - informs · reviews
Destruction and Its Impact on Ancient Societies at the End of the Bronze Age — Jesse Michael Millek (2023)
Locator: Cyprus audit
Event context
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Resilient Continuity
Evidence of continuity, adaptation, rebuilding, or maintained production despite wider instability.
Why does this record have this property?
Kition was rebuilt and continued as a major centre.
Evidence and sources
- informs · establishes
Cyprus at the End of the Late Bronze Age: Crisis and Colonization or Continuity and Hybridization? — Ioannis Voskos, A. Bernard Knapp (2008)Source relationship recorded for Rebuilding and Continuity at Kition.
Locator: Kition discussion - supports · supports
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Source relationship recorded for Rebuilding and Continuity at Kition.
Locator: Kition discussion - informs · reviews
Destruction and Its Impact on Ancient Societies at the End of the Bronze Age — Jesse Michael Millek (2023)Source relationship recorded for Rebuilding and Continuity at Kition.
Locator: Cyprus audit
Referenced records
- Kition · entity