primary excavation publication · src_hadjisavvas_2017_alassa
Alassa: Excavations at the Late Bronze Age Sites of Pano Mantilaris and Paliotaverna 1984–2000
Sophocles Hadjisavvas · 2017
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- Type
- excavation monograph
- Publication
- Cyprus Department of Antiquities
Records informed by this source
- property Inland production nodeinforms · contextualizes · Alassa production and storage
Documents a different inland node.
- entity Kouris Valley and Alassa–Kourion corridorEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · contextualizes · Alassa excavation and regional setting
Documents the inland monumental and production centre.
- date assertion Kouris Valley and Alassa–Kourion corridor — date assertioninforms · contextualizes · Alassa excavation and regional setting
Documents the inland monumental and production centre.
- entity Episkopi-Bamboula / Kourion-BamboulaEvidence confidence: highinforms · contextualizes · Kouris inland context
Links coast and upper valley without imposing political unity.
- date assertion Episkopi-Bamboula / Kourion-Bamboula — date assertioninforms · contextualizes · Kouris inland context
Links coast and upper valley without imposing political unity.
- event Small-site persistence in the Kouris ValleyEvidence confidence: lowinforms · contextualizes · Alassa hinterland and nearby localities
Provides an inland-centre framework.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: lowinforms · contextualizes · Alassa hinterland and nearby localities
Provides an inland-centre framework.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: lowinforms · contextualizes · Alassa hinterland and nearby localities
Provides an inland-centre framework.
- relationship Episkopi-Bamboula / Kourion-Bamboula — located within research landscape — Kouris Valley and Alassa–Kourion corridorEvidence confidence: highinforms · contextualizes · Kouris inland context
Links coast and upper valley without imposing political unity.
- relationship Small-site persistence in the Kouris Valley — occurred at or affected — Kouris Valley and Alassa–Kourion corridorEvidence confidence: lowinforms · contextualizes · Alassa hinterland and nearby localities
Provides an inland-centre framework.
- relationship Small-site persistence in the Kouris Valley — occurred at or affected — Inland rural and agropastoral settlement of CyprusEvidence confidence: lowinforms · contextualizes · Alassa hinterland and nearby localities
Provides an inland-centre framework.
- date assertion Small-site persistence in the Kouris Valley — date assertionEvidence confidence: lowinforms · contextualizes · Alassa hinterland and nearby localities
Provides an inland-centre framework.
- geography assertion Alassa-Paliotaverna — geography assertioninforms · locates · Published excavation coordinates and site plan
Representative point for the archaeological site. It is not a settlement footprint, harbour boundary, cemetery extent, or political territory.
- geography assertion Alassa-Pano Mantilaris — geography assertioninforms · locates · Published excavation plan and settlement relation
Representative point for the archaeological site. It is not a settlement footprint, harbour boundary, cemetery extent, or political territory.
- entity Alassa-PaliotavernaEvidence confidence: very highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Paliotaverna buildings and installations
Primary excavation evidence.
- date assertion Alassa-Pano Mantilaris — date assertioninforms · provides archaeological observation · Pano Mantilaris excavation
Primary evidence for domestic and industrial activity.
- entity Alassa-Pano MantilarisEvidence confidence: very highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Pano Mantilaris excavation
Primary evidence for domestic and industrial activity.
- date assertion Alassa-Paliotaverna — date assertioninforms · provides archaeological observation · Paliotaverna buildings and installations
Primary excavation evidence.
- relationship Alassa-Paliotaverna — located within research landscape — Kouris Valley and Alassa–Kourion corridorEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Paliotaverna buildings and installations
Primary excavation evidence.
- relationship Alassa-Pano Mantilaris — located within research landscape — Kouris Valley and Alassa–Kourion corridorEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Pano Mantilaris excavation
Primary evidence for domestic and industrial activity.
- property Agricultural storage and redistributioninforms · provides example · Pithoi and wine production
Provides a second inland example.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides excavation evidence · Final phases at Paliotaverna and Pano Mantilaris
Documents continuity and contraction.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides excavation evidence · Final phases at Paliotaverna and Pano Mantilaris
Documents continuity and contraction.
- relationship Alassa contraction and reorganization — occurred at or affected — Kouris Valley and Alassa–Kourion corridorEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides excavation evidence · Final phases at Paliotaverna and Pano Mantilaris
Documents continuity and contraction.
- date assertion Alassa contraction and reorganization — date assertionEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides excavation evidence · Final phases at Paliotaverna and Pano Mantilaris
Documents continuity and contraction.
- relationship Alassa contraction and reorganization — occurred at or affected — Alassa-Pano MantilarisEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides excavation evidence · Final phases at Paliotaverna and Pano Mantilaris
Documents continuity and contraction.
- event Alassa contraction and reorganizationEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides excavation evidence · Final phases at Paliotaverna and Pano Mantilaris
Documents continuity and contraction.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides excavation evidence · Final phases at Paliotaverna and Pano Mantilaris
Documents continuity and contraction.
- relationship Alassa contraction and reorganization — occurred at or affected — Alassa-PaliotavernaEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides excavation evidence · Final phases at Paliotaverna and Pano Mantilaris
Documents continuity and contraction.
- property assignment Alassa-Pano Mantilaris — has evidence classification — Copper-production nodeEvidence confidence: highinforms · supports assignment · Pano Mantilaris industrial contexts
Metalworking debris documents craft participation within the wider Alassa settlement.
- property assignment Alassa-Paliotaverna — has evidence classification — Agricultural storage and redistributionEvidence confidence: very highinforms · supports assignment · Paliotaverna buildings
Monumental buildings, pithoi, seal impressions, and wine production indicate coordinated storage and processing.
- 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: highsupports · provides candidate evidence · Alassa monumental complex
Documents a plausible regional centre.