entity · site_hala_sultan_tekke
Hala Sultan Tekke / Dromolaxia-Vyzatzia
Also known as: Dromolaxia-Vyzatzia, Hala Sultan Tekke city
Large coastal city and cemetery complex beside the Larnaca Salt Lake, with industries and far-reaching exchange connections.
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.
1650 BCE–1150 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Petrographic Studies of Late Bronze Age Pottery from Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus — Waiman-Barak, Paula, Bürge, Teresa, Fischer, Peter M. (2023)Documents production, imports, supply-chain change, and abandonment.
Locator: Abstract, highlights, and LC IIC-LC IIIA production discussion - informs · provides archaeological observation
Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: A Late Bronze Age Trade Metropolis — Peter M. Fischer (2019)Provides project synthesis.
Locator: Urban extent, industries, imports, and occupation range - informs · provides stratigraphic evidence
The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition (The Söderberg Expedition): Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke 2020 and 2021: Preliminary Results — Peter M. Fischer, Teresa Bürge, B. Placiente Robedizo, C. Eriksson, K. O. Lorentz, N. M. Branca, and collaborators (2022)Provides updated contextual evidence.
Locator: 2020–2021 city and cemetery excavations - informs · provides provenance evidence
Lead Isotopic Analysis for the Identification of Late Bronze Age Pottery from Hala Sultan Tekke (Cyprus) — Virginie Renson, Jan Coenaerts, Karin Nys, Nadine Mattielli, Frank Vanhaecke, Nathalie Fagel, Philippe Claeys (2011)Separates local and imported ceramic production.
Locator: Pottery and local clay analysis
Research description
Hala Sultan Tekke comprised multiple city quarters, extensive cemeteries, storage and craft areas, copper working, textile production, and imported materials. Its late sequence includes disruption, reoccupation, and final abandonment by the mid-twelfth century BCE rather than one undifferentiated 1200 BCE destruction.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Coastal exchange node
Settlement or locality with evidence for maritime-facing storage, imports, exports, anchorage, or coastal exchange.
Why does this record have this property?
Urban scale, protected-bay setting, imported goods, storage, and industries demonstrate a major exchange node.
- Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: A Late Bronze Age Trade Metropolis
supports assignment · Site setting and finds
Harbour or anchorage candidate
Coastal locality with environmental or archaeological evidence for landing, sheltered water, or maritime access.
Why does this record have this property?
The Larnaca Salt Lake was a protected bay in the Late Bronze Age, supporting anchorage, though installations and shoreline changed.
- Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: A Late Bronze Age Trade Metropolis
supports assignment · Introduction and palaeogeographic setting
Mixed material repertoire
Assemblage combining local Cypriot and multiple external or external-style traditions.
Why does this record have this property?
City and cemetery assemblages contain local and imported material from multiple regions.
- The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition (The Söderberg Expedition): Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke 2020 and 2021: Preliminary Results
supports assignment · City and cemetery finds
Site-specific destruction sequence
One or more destruction horizons documented at a particular site.
Why does this record have this property?
Late strata preserve disruption, reoccupation, and final abandonment rather than one event.
- Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: A Late Bronze Age Trade Metropolis
supports assignment · Stratigraphic sequence
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Petrographic Studies of Late Bronze Age Pottery from Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus — Waiman-Barak, Paula, Bürge, Teresa, Fischer, Peter M. (2023)Documents production, imports, supply-chain change, and abandonment.
Locator: Abstract, highlights, and LC IIC-LC IIIA production discussion - informs · provides archaeological observation
Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: A Late Bronze Age Trade Metropolis — Peter M. Fischer (2019)Provides project synthesis.
Locator: Urban extent, industries, imports, and occupation range - informs · provides stratigraphic evidence
The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition (The Söderberg Expedition): Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke 2020 and 2021: Preliminary Results — Peter M. Fischer, Teresa Bürge, B. Placiente Robedizo, C. Eriksson, K. O. Lorentz, N. M. Branca, and collaborators (2022)Provides updated contextual evidence.
Locator: 2020–2021 city and cemetery excavations - informs · provides provenance evidence
Lead Isotopic Analysis for the Identification of Late Bronze Age Pottery from Hala Sultan Tekke (Cyprus) — Virginie Renson, Jan Coenaerts, Karin Nys, Nadine Mattielli, Frank Vanhaecke, Nathalie Fagel, Philippe Claeys (2011)Separates local and imported ceramic production.
Locator: Pottery and local clay analysis
Referenced records
- Larnaca Bay Late Bronze Age landscape · entity
- Geography assertion for site_hala_sultan_tekke · geography assertion