primary excavation publication · src_furumark_adelman_2003_sinda
Swedish Excavations at Sinda, Cyprus: Excavations Conducted by Arne Furumark 1947–1948
Arne Furumark, Charles M. Adelman · 2003
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Document and modern access
- Type
- final excavation monograph
- Publication
- Paul Åströms Förlag
Records informed by this source
- date assertion Destruction of Sinda I — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · Sinda I ceramics and destruction
Local ceramic estimate for Sinda I; absolute synchronism remains uncertain.
- geography assertion Sinda — 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 Sinda — located within research landscape — Eastern Mesaoria and Enkomi hinterlandEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Sinda I–III sequence
Primary stratigraphic publication.
- entity SindaEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Sinda I–III sequence
Primary stratigraphic publication.
- date assertion Sinda — date assertioninforms · provides archaeological observation · Sinda I–III sequence
Primary stratigraphic publication.
- property Site-specific destruction sequenceinforms · provides example · Sinda repeated destructions
Shows why separate records are necessary.
- event Destruction of Sinda IEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda I destruction
Documents the phase and ceramic sequence.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda II architecture and finds
Documents the reoccupation.
- event Destruction of Sinda IIEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda II destruction
Documents the second destruction horizon.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda II destruction
Documents the second destruction horizon.
- event Reduced Sinda III occupationEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda III remains
Documents reduced later activity.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda III remains
Documents reduced later activity.
- date assertion Reduced Sinda III occupation — date assertionEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda III remains
Documents reduced later activity.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda I destruction
Documents the phase and ceramic sequence.
- event Reoccupation of Sinda as Sinda IIEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda II architecture and finds
Documents the reoccupation.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda I destruction
Documents the phase and ceramic sequence.
- relationship Destruction of Sinda I — occurred at or affected — SindaEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda I destruction
Documents the phase and ceramic sequence.
- relationship Destruction of Sinda I — occurred at or affected — Eastern Mesaoria and Enkomi hinterlandEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda I destruction
Documents the phase and ceramic sequence.
- relationship Reoccupation of Sinda as Sinda II — occurred at or affected — SindaEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda II architecture and finds
Documents the reoccupation.
- relationship Destruction of Sinda II — occurred at or affected — SindaEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda II destruction
Documents the second destruction horizon.
- relationship Reduced Sinda III occupation — occurred at or affected — SindaEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda III remains
Documents reduced later activity.
- date assertion Destruction of Sinda I — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda I destruction
Documents the phase and ceramic sequence.
- date assertion Reoccupation of Sinda as Sinda II — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda II architecture and finds
Documents the reoccupation.
- date assertion Destruction of Sinda II — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Sinda II destruction
Documents the second destruction horizon.
- property assignment Sinda — has evidence classification — Site-specific destruction sequenceEvidence confidence: very highinforms · supports assignment · Sinda I–III sequence
Sinda I and II contain separate destructive episodes followed by rebuilding or reduced occupation.
- claim Cypriot destruction horizons near the thirteenth–twelfth-century transition are not securely demonstrated to be synchronous across Enkomi, Hala Sultan Tekke, Sinda, Maa, Pyla, K…Evidence confidence: highsupports · provides site sequence · Sinda I–III
Shows multiple local horizons.
- claim Sinda's destruction horizons do not independently identify Sea Peoples, Aegean migrants, or any named attacking population.Evidence confidence: highsupports · supports · Excavation sequence
Documents destruction and reoccupation without named agents.