event · evt_maroni_vournes_abandonment
Evacuation of the Maroni urban complex
The monumental inland centre and coastal components of the Maroni complex were largely abandoned near the end of Late Cypriot IIC without a single demonstrated destruction horizon across the complex.
What is the evidence?
observation
The monumental inland centre and coastal components of the Maroni complex were largely abandoned near the end of Late Cypriot IIC without a single demonstrated destruction horizon across the complex.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.
1225 BCE–1185 BCE
Precision: approximate
moderatePreferred display range for this event. It preserves positive BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower contexts or alternative chronology models.
- informs · provides archaeological synthesis
Becoming Urban: Investigating the Anatomy of the Maroni Late Bronze Age Complex, Cyprus — Sturt W. Manning, Georgia Marina Andreou, Kevin D. Fisher, Peregrine Gerard-Little, Catherine Kearns, Jeffrey F. Leon, David A. Sewell, Thomas M. Urban (2014)Documents the settlement anatomy and abandonment problem.
Locator: Final phases of the Maroni complex - informs · compares sequences
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Supports an asynchronous regional model.
Locator: Maroni transition
Interpretation and caveats
The sequence is best represented as urban evacuation and network reorganization, with local variation between components.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement abandonment
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Maroni-Vournes, Maroni-Tsaroukkas, Vasilikos–Maroni production and settlement corridor
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 settlement anatomy and abandonment problem. Role: provides archaeological synthesis. Locator: Final phases of the Maroni complex.
- Supports an asynchronous regional model. Role: compares sequences. Locator: Maroni transition.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological synthesis
Becoming Urban: Investigating the Anatomy of the Maroni Late Bronze Age Complex, Cyprus — Sturt W. Manning, Georgia Marina Andreou, Kevin D. Fisher, Peregrine Gerard-Little, Catherine Kearns, Jeffrey F. Leon, David A. Sewell, Thomas M. Urban (2014)Documents the settlement anatomy and abandonment problem.
Locator: Final phases of the Maroni complex - informs · compares sequences
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Supports an asynchronous regional model.
Locator: Maroni transition
Referenced records
- Maroni-Tsaroukkas · entity
- Vasilikos–Maroni production and settlement corridor · entity
- Maroni-Vournes · entity