property · prop_uncertain_political_centre
Proposed political centre with unresolved status
Site proposed as a regional or island-level political centre without direct proof of title or territory.
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.
Research description
Assignments require explicit confidence and explanation and cannot generate an automatic polity polygon.
Evidence and sources
- informs · defines property
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)Shows distinction between provenance candidate and capital.
Locator: Kalavasos and Alassa candidate discussion - informs · provides alternative model
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)Illustrates active debate.
Locator: Enkomi centrality argument