event · evt_politiko_phorades_primary_smelting
Primary copper smelting at Politiko-Phorades
Furnaces, slag, technical ceramics, ore, and metallurgical residues document primary smelting near ore-bearing foothills.
What is the evidence?
observation
Furnaces, slag, technical ceramics, ore, and metallurgical residues document primary smelting near ore-bearing foothills.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.
1650 BCE–1450 BCE
Precision: approximate
near certainPreferred display range for this event. It preserves positive BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower contexts or alternative chronology models.
- informs · provides primary excavation and scientific evidence
Copper Smelting in Late Bronze Age Cyprus: The Excavations at Politiko Phorades — A. Bernard Knapp, Vasiliki Kassianidou, Michael Donnelly (2001)Directly documents primary smelting.
Locator: Excavation and archaeometallurgical analyses
Interpretation and caveats
Politiko-Phorades demonstrates an inland primary-production stage that must be distinguished from urban refining, casting, ingot circulation, and political control.
Event context
Classification
Event type: primary copper smelting
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Politiko-Phorades, Troodos copper ore and slag landscapes
Why it matters to the timeline
Directly reconstructs a Cypriot site, landscape, institution, community, or chronological transition within the primary interval.
Research notes
- Directly documents primary smelting. Role: provides primary excavation and scientific evidence. Locator: Excavation and archaeometallurgical analyses.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary excavation and scientific evidence
Copper Smelting in Late Bronze Age Cyprus: The Excavations at Politiko Phorades — A. Bernard Knapp, Vasiliki Kassianidou, Michael Donnelly (2001)Directly documents primary smelting.
Locator: Excavation and archaeometallurgical analyses
Referenced records
- Politiko-Phorades · entity
- Troodos copper ore and slag landscapes · entity