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Myrtou-Pigadhes: A Late Bronze Age Sanctuary in Cyprus
Joan du Plat Taylor · 1957
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- Type
- excavation monograph
- Publication
- Ashmolean Museum
Records informed by this source
- geography assertion Myrtou-Pigadhes — geography assertioninforms · locates · Excavation report site locator
Representative point for the archaeological site. It is not a settlement footprint, harbour boundary, cemetery extent, or political territory.
- relationship Myrtou-Pigadhes — located within research landscape — North coast of CyprusEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Excavation monograph
Primary evidence for sanctuary and sequence.
- entity North coast of CyprusEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides archaeological observation · Myrtou-Pigadhes sanctuary publication
Documents one major north-coast site.
- date assertion North coast of Cyprus — date assertioninforms · provides archaeological observation · Myrtou-Pigadhes sanctuary publication
Documents one major north-coast site.
- entity Myrtou-PigadhesEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Excavation monograph
Primary evidence for sanctuary and sequence.
- date assertion Myrtou-Pigadhes — date assertioninforms · provides archaeological observation · Excavation monograph
Primary evidence for sanctuary and sequence.
- property Sanctuary or cult contextinforms · provides example · Myrtou-Pigadhes sanctuary
Provides north-coast example.
- event Sanctuary development at Myrtou-PigadhesEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sanctuary architecture and assemblages
Documents the cult context.
- relationship Sanctuary development at Myrtou-Pigadhes — occurred at or affected — North coast of CyprusEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sanctuary architecture and assemblages
Documents the cult context.
- date assertion Sanctuary development at Myrtou-Pigadhes — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sanctuary architecture and assemblages
Documents the cult context.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sanctuary architecture and assemblages
Documents the cult context.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sanctuary architecture and assemblages
Documents the cult context.
- relationship Sanctuary development at Myrtou-Pigadhes — occurred at or affected — Myrtou-PigadhesEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sanctuary architecture and assemblages
Documents the cult context.
- property assignment Myrtou-Pigadhes — has evidence classification — Sanctuary or cult contextEvidence confidence: very highinforms · supports assignment · Excavation report
Architecture and assemblage define a sustained Late Bronze Age sanctuary context.
- claim North-coast and Karpas reconstructions remain less secure than many southern sequences because excavation, survey, coordinate, access, and final-publication coverage are uneven.Evidence confidence: highsupports · provides case study · Early north-coast excavation
Shows dependence on older publications.
- claim The growth or persistence of sanctuaries at Palaepaphos, Kition, Myrtou-Pigadhes, Athienou, and elsewhere does not by itself define a polity border or prove a single cult admini…Evidence confidence: near certainsupports · provides case study · North-coast sanctuary
Shows regional diversity.