event · evt_sinda_ii_destruction
Destruction of Sinda II
A second excavated settlement phase ended in another destruction before reduced later activity.
What is the evidence?
observation
A second excavated settlement phase ended in another destruction before reduced later activity.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.
1160 BCE–1130 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
Swedish Excavations at Sinda, Cyprus: Excavations Conducted by Arne Furumark 1947–1948 — Arne Furumark, Charles M. Adelman (2003)Documents the second destruction horizon.
Locator: Sinda II destruction - informs · provides source criticism
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Warns against assumed synchronism.
Locator: Cross-site chronology
Interpretation and caveats
The event reinforces the need for multiple local horizons rather than an island-wide two-wave model.
Event context
Classification
Event type: site specific destruction
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Sinda
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 second destruction horizon. Role: provides primary excavation evidence. Locator: Sinda II destruction.
- Warns against assumed synchronism. Role: provides source criticism. Locator: Cross-site chronology.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary excavation evidence
Swedish Excavations at Sinda, Cyprus: Excavations Conducted by Arne Furumark 1947–1948 — Arne Furumark, Charles M. Adelman (2003)Documents the second destruction horizon.
Locator: Sinda II destruction - informs · provides source criticism
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Warns against assumed synchronism.
Locator: Cross-site chronology
Referenced records
- Sinda · entity