causal hypothesis · hyp_coastal_access_affected_node_fortunes
Changing coastal access affected settlement fortunes
Lagoon silting, shoreline change, anchorage quality, and access to inland routes influenced the relative fortunes of Hala Sultan Tekke, Kition, Pyla, Maroni-Tsaroukkas, and other coastal nodes.
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Lagoon silting, shoreline change, anchorage quality, and access to inland routes influenced the relative fortunes of Hala Sultan Tekke, Kition, Pyla, Maroni-Tsaroukkas, and other coastal nodes.Evidence and sources
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Other source context
- informs · provides palaeogeographic context
Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: A Late Bronze Age Trade Metropolis — Peter M. Fischer (2019)Links urban position to maritime access.
Locator: Protected bay and salt-lake setting - informs · provides candidate context
C-PEPL: Excavations at Pyla-Kokkinokremos on Cyprus — C-PEPL Project, Honor Frost Foundation (2022)Shows a lower-confidence coastal case.
Locator: Presumed landing area - informs · provides comparative context
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)Supports route and shoreline analysis.
Locator: Coastal and inland Maroni components