causal hypothesis · hyp_environmental_stress_contributed_to_south_central_abandonment
Environmental stress contributed to south-central abandonment
Changing moisture, water availability, erosion, or agricultural reliability may have amplified economic and political stress in the Vasilikos–Maroni and southern landscapes near the end of Late Cypriot IIC.
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Changing moisture, water availability, erosion, or agricultural reliability may have amplified economic and political stress in the Vasilikos–Maroni and southern landscapes near the end of Late Cypriot IIC.Evidence and sources
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Other source context
- informs · provides environmental context
Late Holocene Environmental Change at Akrotiri Marsh, Cyprus — Christopher Hunt, and collaborators (2022)Provides regional proxy evidence.
Locator: Late Holocene environmental sequence - informs · provides causal caution
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Shows varied outcomes and resilience.
Locator: Multicausal transition - informs · provides site 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)Defines local settlement and agricultural systems.
Locator: Maroni landscape