event · evt_kition_late_thirteenth_expansion
Late thirteenth-century expansion at Kition
Kition expanded as an urban, metallurgical, maritime, and administrative node during Late Cypriot IIC.
What is the evidence?
observation
Kition expanded as an urban, metallurgical, maritime, and administrative node during 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.
1250 BCE–1190 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 archaeological observation
Metalworking and Recycling in Late Bronze Age Cyprus: The Evidence from Kition — Vassos Karageorghis, Vasiliki Kassianidou (1999)Documents industrial participation.
Locator: Kition workshops and recycling - informs · provides synthesis
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)Places expansion in the regional transition.
Locator: Kition urban trajectory
Interpretation and caveats
Kition's growth and subsequent rebuilding distinguish it from settlements that were evacuated around the transition.
Event context
Classification
Event type: urban expansion and metallurgical investment
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Kition-Kathari, Kition-Bamboula, 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 industrial participation. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Kition workshops and recycling.
- Places expansion in the regional transition. Role: provides synthesis. Locator: Kition urban trajectory.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Metalworking and Recycling in Late Bronze Age Cyprus: The Evidence from Kition — Vassos Karageorghis, Vasiliki Kassianidou (1999)Documents industrial participation.
Locator: Kition workshops and recycling - informs · provides synthesis
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)Places expansion in the regional transition.
Locator: Kition urban trajectory
Referenced records
- Larnaca Bay Late Bronze Age landscape · entity
- Kition-Kathari · entity
- Kition-Bamboula · entity