RT Article
T1 The occupational history of the Bronze Age harbour city of Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus
JF Ägypten und Levante
VO 29
SP 188
OP 229
A1 Fischer, Peter M. 1946-
LA English
PB Akademie
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1691296341
AB 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.
K1 Bronze Age
K1 Harbour
K1 Trade
K1 Intercultural connections
K1 Chronology
K1 Sea Peoples
K1 Hala Sultan Tekke
K1 Cyprus
DO 10.1553/AEundL29s188