entity · site_toumba_tou_skourou
Toumba tou Skourou
Also known as: Morphou-Toumba tou Skourou
North-western Late Bronze Age settlement and cemetery with workshops, imported pottery, and a long occupational sequence.
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–1200 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · contextualizes
Bronze Age Boundaries and Social Exchange in North-West Cyprus — Priscilla S. Keswani, A. Bernard Knapp (2003)Provides regional interpretation.
Locator: North-west social exchange - informs · documents dataset limitations
A Gazetteer of Archaeological Settlements on Cyprus — Katherine A. Crawford, Nicholas Vella (2023)Supports explicit research caveat.
Locator: Northern data and access issues - 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)Places north-western evidence in island synthesis.
Locator: Regional transition evidence
Research description
Toumba tou Skourou provides important evidence for north-western production and exchange. Excavation and publication were affected by the events of 1974, illustrating how modern division shapes access and research completeness.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Bronze Age Boundaries and Social Exchange in North-West Cyprus — Priscilla S. Keswani, A. Bernard Knapp (2003)Provides regional interpretation.
Locator: North-west social exchange - informs · documents dataset limitations
A Gazetteer of Archaeological Settlements on Cyprus — Katherine A. Crawford, Nicholas Vella (2023)Supports explicit research caveat.
Locator: Northern data and access issues - 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)Places north-western evidence in island synthesis.
Locator: Regional transition evidence
Referenced records
- North coast of Cyprus · entity
- Geography assertion for site_toumba_tou_skourou · geography assertion