entity · site_lapithos_cemeteries
Lapithos Late Bronze Age cemeteries
Also known as: Lapithos, Lapithos-Vrysi tou Barba
North-coast cemetery evidence for long-term community, exchange, and mortuary practices.
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–1050 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · locates
Cyprus Settlements Dataset, Version 1.0.0 — Katherine A. Crawford, Nicholas Vella (2022)Provides approximate locator and period metadata.
Locator: Lapithos archaeological entries - 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 cautious regional integration.
Locator: Mortuary transition and northern gaps - informs · contextualizes
Bronze Age Boundaries and Social Exchange in North-West Cyprus — Priscilla S. Keswani, A. Bernard Knapp (2003)Supports non-political regional differentiation.
Locator: North-west boundaries and exchange
Research description
Lapithos cemeteries supply important mortuary data outside the better-published southern regions. Their relationship to nearby settlements, phase continuity, and regional identities must remain separate from later historical polities.
Evidence and sources
- informs · locates
Cyprus Settlements Dataset, Version 1.0.0 — Katherine A. Crawford, Nicholas Vella (2022)Provides approximate locator and period metadata.
Locator: Lapithos archaeological entries - 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 cautious regional integration.
Locator: Mortuary transition and northern gaps - informs · contextualizes
Bronze Age Boundaries and Social Exchange in North-West Cyprus — Priscilla S. Keswani, A. Bernard Knapp (2003)Supports non-political regional differentiation.
Locator: North-west boundaries and exchange
Referenced records
- North coast of Cyprus · entity
- Geography assertion for site_lapithos_cemeteries · geography assertion