entity · place_troodos_mining_zone
Troodos copper ore and slag landscapes
Also known as: Troodos mining zone, Troodos ophiolite metallurgical landscape
Ore-bearing mountain and foothill landscape containing mines, slag heaps, primary-smelting sites, routes, seasonal work areas, and communities feeding coastal and inland production systems.
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
The Production and Trade of Cypriot Copper in the Late Bronze Age: An Analysis of the Evidence — Vasiliki Kassianidou (2013)Defines the multi-stage archaeometallurgical landscape.
Locator: Mining and production-chain synthesis - informs · provides archaeological observation
Copper Smelting in Late Bronze Age Cyprus: The Excavations at Politiko Phorades — A. Bernard Knapp, Vasiliki Kassianidou, Michael Donnelly (2001)Documents one inland production stage.
Locator: Politiko-Phorades primary smelting - informs · contextualizes
One City to Rule Them All? The Production of Copper in Enkomi, Cyprus: The Evidence from the Metallurgical Ceramic Assemblage — Demetrios Ioannides, Vasiliki Kassianidou, George Papasavvas (2024)Separates mountain and urban stages.
Locator: Comparison of ore, matte, and urban secondary processing
Research description
The record separates geological ore occurrence, evidence of Bronze Age exploitation, smelting, later refining, ingot form, cargo movement, and political administration. It is not a single controlled territory.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
The Production and Trade of Cypriot Copper in the Late Bronze Age: An Analysis of the Evidence — Vasiliki Kassianidou (2013)Defines the multi-stage archaeometallurgical landscape.
Locator: Mining and production-chain synthesis - informs · provides archaeological observation
Copper Smelting in Late Bronze Age Cyprus: The Excavations at Politiko Phorades — A. Bernard Knapp, Vasiliki Kassianidou, Michael Donnelly (2001)Documents one inland production stage.
Locator: Politiko-Phorades primary smelting - informs · contextualizes
One City to Rule Them All? The Production of Copper in Enkomi, Cyprus: The Evidence from the Metallurgical Ceramic Assemblage — Demetrios Ioannides, Vasiliki Kassianidou, George Papasavvas (2024)Separates mountain and urban stages.
Locator: Comparison of ore, matte, and urban secondary processing
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for place_troodos_mining_zone · geography assertion