event · evt_maa_first_destruction_rebuild
First destruction and rebuilding at Maa-Palaeokastro
The initial settlement suffered a destructive episode and was rebuilt in a modified form.
What is the evidence?
observation
The initial settlement suffered a destructive episode and was rebuilt in a modified form.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.
1190 BCE–1170 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 primary excavation evidence
Excavations at Maa-Palaeokastro 1979–1986 — Vassos Karageorghis, Martha Demas (1988)Documents the stratigraphic sequence.
Locator: Phase I destruction and Phase II rebuilding - informs · contextualizes
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 within western Cyprus.
Locator: Maa transition summary
1190 BCE–1170 BCE
Precision: approximate
Chronology model: Maa excavation sequence
highLocal phase estimate that should not be synchronized automatically with Pyla or Sinda.
- informs · dates
Excavations at Maa-Palaeokastro 1979–1986 — Vassos Karageorghis, Martha Demas (1988)Local phase estimate that should not be synchronized automatically with Pyla or Sinda.
Locator: Phase I–II sequence
Interpretation and caveats
The two-phase sequence demonstrates local recovery; neither attackers nor occupants can be securely named from pottery styles alone.
Event context
Classification
Event type: destruction and rebuilding
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Maa-Palaeokastro
Why it matters to the timeline
Directly reconstructs a Cypriot site, landscape, institution, community, or chronological transition within the primary interval.
Research notes
- Documents the stratigraphic sequence. Role: provides primary excavation evidence. Locator: Phase I destruction and Phase II rebuilding.
- Places the event within western Cyprus. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Maa transition summary.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary excavation evidence
Excavations at Maa-Palaeokastro 1979–1986 — Vassos Karageorghis, Martha Demas (1988)Documents the stratigraphic sequence.
Locator: Phase I destruction and Phase II rebuilding - informs · contextualizes
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 within western Cyprus.
Locator: Maa transition summary
Referenced records
- Maa-Palaeokastro · entity