event · evt_maa_destruction_rebuilding
Destruction and Rebuilding at Maa-Palaeokastro
A destruction ended one occupational floor at Maa-Palaeokastro, followed by rebuilding rather than permanent disappearance.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Clear destruction horizon
- Subsequent rebuilding and occupation
proposed causes
- warfare
- local conflict
- fire
consequences
Sequence is clear at broad level; date and cause require primary excavation locators in the next release.
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.
1220 BCE–1150 BCE
Precision: archaeological phase
moderatestratigraphy
- informs · establishes
Destruction and Its Impact on Ancient Societies at the End of the Bronze Age — Jesse Michael Millek (2023)
Locator: Cyprus chapter - informs · supports
Cyprus at the End of the Late Bronze Age: Crisis and Colonization or Continuity and Hybridization? — Ioannis Voskos, A. Bernard Knapp (2008)
Locator: site synthesis - 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: site discussion
Event context
People and places
Locations: Maa-Palaeokastro
Affected entities: Maa-Palaeokastro
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Destruction Horizon
A stratigraphic horizon showing burning, collapse, damage, or other destruction-related evidence; it does not by itself identify an attacker or cause.
Why does this record have this property?
Destruction and Rebuilding at Maa-Palaeokastro is represented as a destruction-related archaeological event; cause and synchronism are modeled separately.
- Destruction and Its Impact on Ancient Societies at the End of the Bronze Age
supports assignment - Cyprus at the End of the Late Bronze Age: Crisis and Colonization or Continuity and Hybridization?
supports assignment - Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus
supports assignment
Cause Unknown
The observed event is established more securely than its cause.
Why does this record have this property?
The event is better established than a single definitive cause or attacker identity.
- Destruction and Its Impact on Ancient Societies at the End of the Bronze Age
supports assignment - Cyprus at the End of the Late Bronze Age: Crisis and Colonization or Continuity and Hybridization?
supports assignment - Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus
supports assignment
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports
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 Destruction and Rebuilding at Maa-Palaeokastro.
Locator: site synthesis - 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 Destruction and Rebuilding at Maa-Palaeokastro.
Locator: site discussion - informs · establishes
Destruction and Its Impact on Ancient Societies at the End of the Bronze Age — Jesse Michael Millek (2023)Source relationship recorded for Destruction and Rebuilding at Maa-Palaeokastro.
Locator: Cyprus chapter
Referenced records
- Maa-Palaeokastro · entity