entity · site_athienou_bamboulari
Athienou-Bamboulari tis Koukounninas
Also known as: Athienou-Bamboulari, Pamboulari tis Koukounninas
Long-lived inland site with architecture, copper slag, local and imported objects, and overlapping metallurgical, cultic, and exchange functions.
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–1100 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides project evidence
Athienou Archaeological Project: Bamboulari tis Koukounninas — Athienou Archaeological Project, Davidson CollegeDocuments architecture, slag, and cultic interpretation.
Locator: Project site history and finds - 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)Supports multifunctional and regional reading.
Locator: Inland and sanctuary trajectories - informs · documents dataset limitations
A Gazetteer of Archaeological Settlements on Cyprus — Katherine A. Crawford, Nicholas Vella (2023)Supports explicit modern research caveat.
Locator: Access and coverage context
Research description
Athienou-Bamboulari was neither simply a rural village nor demonstrably one-purpose sanctuary. Its long sequence and position between ore routes and the Mesaoria make it important for inland communities and mobile specialists. Modern Buffer Zone conditions affect access and research continuity.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Inland production node
Inland site participating in extraction, smelting, agriculture, storage, craft production, or route support.
Why does this record have this property?
Copper slag and long-lived architecture show inland production and route participation.
- Athienou Archaeological Project: Bamboulari tis Koukounninas
supports assignment · Late Bronze Age finds
Sanctuary or cult context
Architecture and assemblages interpreted as sustained ritual or cult activity.
Why does this record have this property?
Cultic interpretation is supported by assemblage and architecture but overlaps with metallurgical and domestic functions.
- Athienou Archaeological Project: Bamboulari tis Koukounninas
supports assignment · Cultic interpretation
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides project evidence
Athienou Archaeological Project: Bamboulari tis Koukounninas — Athienou Archaeological Project, Davidson CollegeDocuments architecture, slag, and cultic interpretation.
Locator: Project site history and finds - 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)Supports multifunctional and regional reading.
Locator: Inland and sanctuary trajectories - informs · documents dataset limitations
A Gazetteer of Archaeological Settlements on Cyprus — Katherine A. Crawford, Nicholas Vella (2023)Supports explicit modern research caveat.
Locator: Access and coverage context
Referenced records
- Inland rural and agropastoral settlement of Cyprus · entity
- Geography assertion for site_athienou_bamboulari · geography assertion