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event · evt_maa_final_abandonment

Final abandonment of Maa-Palaeokastro

The rebuilt settlement was abandoned after a short second phase.

Evidence confidence: high
Awaiting expert reviewCyprus research expansion, 1600-800 BCE

What is the evidence?

observation

The rebuilt settlement was abandoned after a short second phase.

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Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

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Chronology

Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.

Preferred assertion

1170 BCE–1150 BCE

Precision: approximate

high

Preferred display range for this event. It preserves positive BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower contexts or alternative chronology models.

Interpretation and caveats

Maa was a brief experiment in defensible coastal settlement, not a continuous predecessor of a later city-kingdom.

Event context

Classification

Event type: settlement abandonment

Evidence layer: archaeological

Timeline role: regional core

Why it matters to the timeline

Directly reconstructs a Cypriot site, landscape, institution, community, or chronological transition within the primary interval.

Research notes

  • Provides the excavation chronology. Role: dates. Locator: Phase II final contexts.
  • Distinguishes Maa from Palaepaphos continuity. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Western Cyprus settlement hierarchy.

Evidence and sources

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