Bronze Age World

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Type: peer-reviewed journal article
Publication: American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 107, no. 2, 233–255
Peer reviewed: Yes

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date assertion Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios — date assertion
informs · contextualizes · Tablet-provenance candidate area
Connects site to Alashiya debate without capital proof.
entity Vasilikos–Maroni production and settlement corridor
Evidence confidence: high
informs · contextualizes · Troodos-margin tablet provenance candidates
Connects the corridor to the Alashiya identification debate without defining a capital.
date assertion Vasilikos–Maroni production and settlement corridor — date assertion
informs · contextualizes · Troodos-margin tablet provenance candidates
Connects the corridor to the Alashiya identification debate without defining a capital.
entity Kouris Valley and Alassa–Kourion corridor
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · contextualizes · Alassa as one tablet-provenance candidate
Explains the corridor's place in Alashiya debates.
date assertion Kouris Valley and Alassa–Kourion corridor — date assertion
informs · contextualizes · Alassa as one tablet-provenance candidate
Explains the corridor's place in Alashiya debates.
entity Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · contextualizes · Tablet-provenance candidate area
Connects site to Alashiya debate without capital proof.
property Proposed political centre with unresolved status
informs · defines property · Kalavasos and Alassa candidate discussion
Shows distinction between provenance candidate and capital.
entity Alassa-Paliotaverna
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · proposes interpretation · Alassa tablet-clay candidate
Supports candidate status but not a capital label.
date assertion Alassa-Paliotaverna — date assertion
informs · proposes interpretation · Alassa tablet-clay candidate
Supports candidate status but not a capital label.
relationship Alassa-Paliotaverna — located within research landscape — Kouris Valley and Alassa–Kourion corridor
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · Alassa tablet-clay candidate
Supports candidate status but not a capital label.
entity Ugarit–Alashiya correspondence
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · provides provenance evidence · Ugaritic Alashiya tablet fabrics
Supports Cypriot origin of selected correspondence.
entity Amarna Alashiya correspondence
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · provides provenance evidence · Petrography of Alashiya tablets
Links tablet production to Cyprus.
date assertion Amarna Alashiya correspondence — date assertion
informs · provides provenance evidence · Petrography of Alashiya tablets
Links tablet production to Cyprus.
date assertion Ugarit–Alashiya correspondence — date assertion
informs · provides provenance evidence · Ugaritic Alashiya tablet fabrics
Supports Cypriot origin of selected correspondence.
entity Ugarit / Ras Shamra
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · provides provenance evidence · Alashiya tablets from Ugarit
Links correspondence to Cyprus.
date assertion Ugarit / Ras Shamra — date assertion
informs · provides provenance evidence · Alashiya tablets from Ugarit
Links correspondence to Cyprus.
event Alashiya–Egypt copper diplomacy in the Amarna letters
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · provides scientific provenance analysis · Petrography of Alashiya tablets
Supports a Cypriot origin and candidate production areas.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · provides scientific provenance analysis · Petrography of Alashiya tablets
Supports a Cypriot origin and candidate production areas.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · provides scientific provenance analysis · Petrography of Alashiya tablets
Supports a Cypriot origin and candidate production areas.
relationship Alashiya — proposed identification with — Cyprus
Evidence confidence: high
informs · supports · Petrographic analysis of Alashiyan tablets
Supports a Cypriot origin and evaluates candidate regions.
property assignment Alassa-Paliotaverna — has evidence classification — Proposed political centre with unresolved status
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · supports assignment · Alassa candidate discussion
Scale and tablet-clay provenance support a regional-centre hypothesis, not a direct capital identification.
entity Alashiya
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · supports identification · Tablet petrography and geopolitical discussion
Supports Cyprus identification and candidate production zones.
date assertion Alashiya — date assertion
informs · supports identification · Tablet petrography and geopolitical discussion
Supports Cyprus identification and candidate production zones.
ranked model How was Late Bronze Age Cyprus or Alashiya politically organized?
informs · supports model comparison · Tablet petrography and candidate regions
Constrains location without proving a capital.
claim No proposed Alashiyan capital, including Enkomi, Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios, or Alassa, is securely identified by a contemporary title naming the site as the capital.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports · Candidate production areas and capital discussion
Distinguishes provenance from capital identification.
claim The balance of textual, geological, petrographic, and exchange evidence strongly supports identifying Late Bronze Age Alashiya with Cyprus or a polity centred on Cyprus.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports · Petrographic results and conclusions
Supports a Cypriot origin for the tablets and narrows candidate clay regions.
claim Identifying Alashiya with Cyprus does not justify drawing the island coastline as a fixed Alashiyan political border for the entire period 1600–800 BCE.
Evidence confidence: near certain
supports · supports caution · Capital-candidate discussion
Clay provenance does not define territory.