primary excavation publication · src_karageorghis_demas_1988_maa
Excavations at Maa-Palaeokastro 1979–1986
Vassos Karageorghis, Martha Demas · 1988
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- Type
- excavation monograph
- Publication
- Department of Antiquities, Cyprus
Records informed by this source
- event Final abandonment of Maa-PalaeokastroEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · Phase II final contexts
Provides the excavation chronology.
- date assertion First destruction and rebuilding at Maa-Palaeokastro — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · Phase I–II sequence
Local phase estimate that should not be synchronized automatically with Pyla or Sinda.
- date assertion Final abandonment of Maa-Palaeokastro — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · Phase II final contexts
Provides the excavation chronology.
- relationship Final abandonment of Maa-Palaeokastro — occurred at or affected — Maa-PalaeokastroEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · Phase II final contexts
Provides the excavation chronology.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · Phase II final contexts
Provides the excavation chronology.
- geography assertion Maa-Palaeokastro — geography assertioninforms · locates · Published excavation plan and headland locator
Representative point for the archaeological site. It is not a settlement footprint, harbour boundary, cemetery extent, or political territory.
- entity Maa-PalaeokastroEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Excavation sequence
Primary evidence for foundation, destruction, rebuilding, and abandonment.
- date assertion Maa-Palaeokastro — date assertioninforms · provides archaeological observation · Excavation sequence
Primary evidence for foundation, destruction, rebuilding, and abandonment.
- relationship Maa-Palaeokastro — located within research landscape — Paphos and western Cyprus Late Bronze–Early Iron landscapeEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Excavation sequence
Primary evidence for foundation, destruction, rebuilding, and abandonment.
- property Planned or defensible settlementinforms · provides example · Maa fortifications
Provides a western example.
- event Foundation of Maa-PalaeokastroEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Architecture and Phase I
Documents foundation and fortification.
- date assertion First destruction and rebuilding at Maa-Palaeokastro — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Phase I destruction and Phase II rebuilding
Documents the stratigraphic sequence.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Architecture and Phase I
Documents foundation and fortification.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Architecture and Phase I
Documents foundation and fortification.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Phase I destruction and Phase II rebuilding
Documents the stratigraphic sequence.
- relationship Foundation of Maa-Palaeokastro — occurred at or affected — Maa-PalaeokastroEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Architecture and Phase I
Documents foundation and fortification.
- relationship Foundation of Maa-Palaeokastro — occurred at or affected — Paphos and western Cyprus Late Bronze–Early Iron landscapeEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Architecture and Phase I
Documents foundation and fortification.
- relationship First destruction and rebuilding at Maa-Palaeokastro — occurred at or affected — Maa-PalaeokastroEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Phase I destruction and Phase II rebuilding
Documents the stratigraphic sequence.
- event First destruction and rebuilding at Maa-PalaeokastroEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Phase I destruction and Phase II rebuilding
Documents the stratigraphic sequence.
- date assertion Foundation of Maa-Palaeokastro — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary excavation evidence · Architecture and Phase I
Documents foundation and fortification.
- property assignment Maa-Palaeokastro — has evidence classification — Site-specific destruction sequenceEvidence confidence: very highinforms · supports assignment · Stratigraphic sequence
A destructive episode, rebuilding, and final abandonment form separate phases.
- property assignment Maa-Palaeokastro — has evidence classification — Planned or defensible settlementEvidence confidence: very highinforms · supports assignment · Architecture
Coastal defences and coordinated construction are securely excavated.
- claim The destructive episodes at Maa-Palaeokastro cannot be securely attributed to a named Sea Peoples group, Mycenaean invaders, local factions, or any single external force.Evidence confidence: highsupports · supports · Stratigraphy and finds
Documents the events without a direct attacker identification.