event · evt_pyla_abandonment
Abandonment of Pyla-Kokkinokremos
Pyla-Kokkinokremos was abandoned after a brief occupation, leaving rich sealed assemblages and hoards but no securely identified attacking group.
What is the evidence?
observation
Pyla-Kokkinokremos was abandoned after a brief occupation, leaving rich sealed assemblages and hoards but no securely identified attacking group.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.
1200 BCE–1180 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 excavation evidence
C-PEPL: Excavations at Pyla-Kokkinokremos on Cyprus — C-PEPL Project, Honor Frost Foundation (2022)Documents the final horizon and its diversity.
Locator: Abandonment contexts and hoards - informs · provides primary excavation evidence
Pyla-Kokkinokremos: A Late 13th-Century B.C. Fortified Settlement in Cyprus — Vassos Karageorghis, Martha Demas (1984)Provides the original chronology.
Locator: Final settlement phase
1200 BCE–1180 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: Pyla excavation chronology
highCeramic and sealed-context estimate for the short-lived settlement's final horizon.
- informs · dates
C-PEPL: Excavations at Pyla-Kokkinokremos on Cyprus — C-PEPL Project, Honor Frost Foundation (2022)Ceramic and sealed-context estimate for the short-lived settlement's final horizon.
Locator: Final occupation contexts
Interpretation and caveats
Rapid abandonment is secure; whether it followed attack, strategic evacuation, internal crisis, or a combination remains open.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement abandonment
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Pyla-Kokkinokremos
Why it matters to the timeline
Directly reconstructs a Cypriot site, landscape, institution, community, or chronological transition within the primary interval.
Alternative interpretations
- The settlement may have been evacuated under threat without a major conflagration. (moderate confidence)
- Conflict remains possible, but no named attackers can be assigned. (low confidence)
Research notes
- Documents the final horizon and its diversity. Role: provides excavation evidence. Locator: Abandonment contexts and hoards.
- Provides the original chronology. Role: provides primary excavation evidence. Locator: Final settlement phase.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides excavation evidence
C-PEPL: Excavations at Pyla-Kokkinokremos on Cyprus — C-PEPL Project, Honor Frost Foundation (2022)Documents the final horizon and its diversity.
Locator: Abandonment contexts and hoards - informs · provides primary excavation evidence
Pyla-Kokkinokremos: A Late 13th-Century B.C. Fortified Settlement in Cyprus — Vassos Karageorghis, Martha Demas (1984)Provides the original chronology.
Locator: Final settlement phase
Referenced records
- Pyla-Kokkinokremos · entity