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The Occupational History of the Bronze Age Harbour City of Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus

    Peter M. Fischer

Ägypten und Levante 29, pp. 189-230, 2020/02/24

Internationale Zeitschrift für ägyptische Archäologie und deren Nachbargebiete
International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines

doi: 10.1553/AEundL29s189

doi: 10.1553/AEundL29s189

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doi:10.1553/AEundL29s189



doi:10.1553/AEundL29s189

Abstract

The present paper is a synthesis of nine seasons of excavations supported by geophysical surveys at the Late Bronze Age harbour city of Hala Sultan Tekke near Larnaca on the southern littoral of Cyprus. Conclusions and hypotheses dealing with the origin, the heydays and the decline of this eastern Mediterranean trade metropolis are presented in addition to a summary of the previous field reports. A summary of the results from excavations in the recently discovered extramural cemetery with numerous rich tombs, offering pits and wells is included. The city’s vast intercultural relationships, which are based on trade, and chronological and terminological issues are particularly considered. Special attention is devoted to the final decades of the life cycle of this city which fall into the period of years of a widespread crisis at the waning Bronze Age, characterised by the ‘Sea Peoples Phenomenon.

Keywords: Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus, Bronze Age, Harbour, Trade, Intercultural connections, Chronology, Sea Peoples