entity · place_mesaoria_east
Eastern Mesaoria and Enkomi hinterland
Also known as: Mesaoria east, Enkomi plain
Lowland agricultural and settlement landscape around Enkomi and Sinda, linked to eastern coastal access and inland supply.
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
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Defines the need to compare eastern Cyprus at regional rather than island-wide scale.
Locator: Settlement and regional-trajectory synthesis - informs · documents dataset
A Gazetteer of Archaeological Settlements on Cyprus — Katherine A. Crawford, Nicholas Vella (2023)Supports the modern archaeological locator frame and its limitations.
Locator: Gazetteer methods and settlement distribution
Research description
This record provides a regional archaeological frame for Enkomi, Sinda, cemeteries, roads, and agricultural support. It does not imply that one centre controlled the whole eastern plain throughout the period.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Defines the need to compare eastern Cyprus at regional rather than island-wide scale.
Locator: Settlement and regional-trajectory synthesis - informs · documents dataset
A Gazetteer of Archaeological Settlements on Cyprus — Katherine A. Crawford, Nicholas Vella (2023)Supports the modern archaeological locator frame and its limitations.
Locator: Gazetteer methods and settlement distribution