entity · place_kouris_valley
Kouris Valley and Alassa–Kourion corridor
Also known as: Kouris river valley, Alassa–Kourion route
Inland-to-coast corridor linking the Alassa complex, smaller settlements, cemeteries, Troodos foothills, and the Episkopi/Kourion coast.
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.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · contextualizes
Alassa: Excavations at the Late Bronze Age Sites of Pano Mantilaris and Paliotaverna 1984–2000 — Sophocles Hadjisavvas (2017)Documents the inland monumental and production centre.
Locator: Alassa excavation and regional setting - informs · provides chronological caution
Transition from Bronze to Iron at Kourion: A Review of the Tombs from Episkopi-Bamboula and Kaloriziki — Louise Steel (1996)Limits claims of seamless coast-to-inland continuity.
Locator: Episkopi-Bamboula and Kaloriziki chronology - informs · contextualizes
The Location of Alashiya: New Evidence from Petrographic Investigation of Alashiyan Tablets from El-Amarna and Ugarit — Yuval Goren, Shlomo Bunimovitz, Israel Finkelstein, Nadav Na’aman (2003)Explains the corridor's place in Alashiya debates.
Locator: Alassa as one tablet-provenance candidate
Research description
The corridor is used to investigate inland production, agriculture, route movement, and long-term settlement. It must not be equated automatically with an Alashiyan capital territory or later Kourion kingdom.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Alassa: Excavations at the Late Bronze Age Sites of Pano Mantilaris and Paliotaverna 1984–2000 — Sophocles Hadjisavvas (2017)Documents the inland monumental and production centre.
Locator: Alassa excavation and regional setting - informs · provides chronological caution
Transition from Bronze to Iron at Kourion: A Review of the Tombs from Episkopi-Bamboula and Kaloriziki — Louise Steel (1996)Limits claims of seamless coast-to-inland continuity.
Locator: Episkopi-Bamboula and Kaloriziki chronology - informs · contextualizes
The Location of Alashiya: New Evidence from Petrographic Investigation of Alashiyan Tablets from El-Amarna and Ugarit — Yuval Goren, Shlomo Bunimovitz, Israel Finkelstein, Nadav Na’aman (2003)Explains the corridor's place in Alashiya debates.
Locator: Alassa as one tablet-provenance candidate