entity · site_apliki_karamallos
Apliki-Karamallos
Also known as: Apliki, Karamallos
Mining settlement associated with the Solea ore region and Late Bronze Age copper extraction and processing.
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.
1400 BCE–1200 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides archaeological observation
A Late Bronze Age Settlement at Apliki, Cyprus — Joan du Plat Taylor (1952)Primary evidence.
Locator: Settlement excavation - informs · proposes interpretation
The Role of the Apliki Mine Region in the Post-c. 1400 BC Copper Production and Trade Networks of Cyprus — Noel H. Gale, Zofia A. Stos-Gale (2012)Supports broad production significance.
Locator: Apliki/Solea source model - informs · provides source criticism
The Production and Trade of Cypriot Copper in the Late Bronze Age: An Analysis of the Evidence — Vasiliki Kassianidou (2013)Limits direct control claims.
Locator: Production-chain synthesis
Research description
Apliki-Karamallos provides household and production evidence near an important ore source. Its role is central to some lead-isotope production models, but it does not by itself demonstrate exclusive supply of all oxhide ingots or control by one coast-based polity.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Copper-production node
Direct evidence for one or more stages of copper production.
Why does this record have this property?
Settlement lies within an ore-extraction landscape and contains production-related evidence.
- A Late Bronze Age Settlement at Apliki, Cyprus
supports assignment · Excavation report
Inland production node
Inland site participating in extraction, smelting, agriculture, storage, craft production, or route support.
Why does this record have this property?
Household and mining evidence show an inland community within the copper supply chain.
- The Role of the Apliki Mine Region in the Post-c. 1400 BC Copper Production and Trade Networks of Cyprus
supports assignment · Apliki production-region model
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
A Late Bronze Age Settlement at Apliki, Cyprus — Joan du Plat Taylor (1952)Primary evidence.
Locator: Settlement excavation - informs · proposes interpretation
The Role of the Apliki Mine Region in the Post-c. 1400 BC Copper Production and Trade Networks of Cyprus — Noel H. Gale, Zofia A. Stos-Gale (2012)Supports broad production significance.
Locator: Apliki/Solea source model - informs · provides source criticism
The Production and Trade of Cypriot Copper in the Late Bronze Age: An Analysis of the Evidence — Vasiliki Kassianidou (2013)Limits direct control claims.
Locator: Production-chain synthesis
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_apliki_karamallos · geography assertion
- Solea copper axis · entity