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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Hala Sultan Tekke, Dromolaxia Vizatzia

Country/region:

Cyprus/Eastern coast

Alternate names & spellings:

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Coordinates (N,E):

34.886421 , 33.604677

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Late Cypriot, Late Cypriot I, Late Cypriot II, Late Cypriot IIC, Late Cypriot III, Late Cypriot IIIA, Late Cypriot IIIB

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Site Description

The Larnaca Salt Lake is considered to be the silted port of Hala Sultan Tekke which was abandoned during the Late 12th century BCE (Fischer and Bürge 2018: 612). The site was founded on biocalcarenites and sands of the Athalassa Formation. Exposed nearby is the Kalavasos Formation, composed of gypsum and chalky marls (GSD 1995). The Tremithos River, which transports clays, silts, and pebbles eroded from the pillow lavas, carbonate rocks, and alluvial deposits, flows through and carries fragments of the Ophiolite mixed with calcareous rocks (Ghilardi et al. 2015). The Miocene Lefkara fm. Is characterized by calcareous microfossils (Robertson 1998), this formation is often found in the sediments transported in the rivers of the southwestern part of the Island and repeatedly observed in thin sections of unburnt sediments. This combination produces clay-rich calcareous alluvial sediments of the region were a possible source for raw materials for pottery production.

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Related Images

Hala sultan Tekke view looking west to the salt lake

Hala sultan Tekke view looking east to the Troodos

Vessels 14

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HST L659-2

Bowl

Hala Sultan Tekke, Dromolaxia Vizatzia

c.1550 to c.1200 BCE

Late Cypriot I, Late Cypriot IIC

HST L48-61

Bowl

Hala Sultan Tekke, Dromolaxia Vizatzia

1400-1050 BCE

Late Cypriot IIC, Late Cypriot IIIB

HST L48-71

Bottle

Hala Sultan Tekke, Dromolaxia Vizatzia

c.1550 to c.1200 BCE

Late Cypriot I, Late Cypriot II, Late Cypriot IIC

HST L21-4

Cooking pot

Hala Sultan Tekke, Dromolaxia Vizatzia

c.1150 BCE

Late Cypriot IIIA

Break Photos 7

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HST L248-1

Bowl

Hala Sultan Tekke, Dromolaxia Vizatzia

c.1500 to c.1050 BCE

Late Cypriot

HST L258-4

Bowl

Hala Sultan Tekke, Dromolaxia Vizatzia

c.1500 to c.1050 BCE

Late Cypriot

HST L21-4

Cooking pot

Hala Sultan Tekke, Dromolaxia Vizatzia

c.1150 BCE

Late Cypriot IIIA

HST L659-2

Bowl

Hala Sultan Tekke, Dromolaxia Vizatzia

c.1550 to c.1200 BCE

Late Cypriot I, Late Cypriot IIC

Petrographic Samples 12

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HST L48-61
HST L48-61
Hala Sultan Tekke, Dromolaxia Vizatzia

1400-1050 BCE

Late Cypriot IIC, Late Cypriot IIIB

Magnification:
X100

Polarized Light?
PPL

Hala Sultan Tekke L48-71
HST L48-71
Hala Sultan Tekke, Dromolaxia Vizatzia

c.1550 to c.1200 BCE

Late Cypriot I, Late Cypriot II, Late Cypriot IIC

Magnification:
X200

Polarized Light?
XPL

Hala Sultan Tekke L21-4
HST L21-4
Hala Sultan Tekke, Dromolaxia Vizatzia

c.1150 BCE

Late Cypriot IIIA

Magnification:
X200

Polarized Light?
XPL

Hala Sultan Tekke 680-1
HST L680-1
Hala Sultan Tekke, Dromolaxia Vizatzia

c.1550 to c.1200 BCE

Late Cypriot I, Late Cypriot IIC

Magnification:
X100

Polarized Light?
XPL

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Site/Project URLs and Database Links

Site/Project URLs

Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke (The Söderberg Expedition) (http://www.fischerarchaeology.se/?page_id=2797)

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Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

Ware name:

Date:

Period:

Middle-Late Cypriot White Painted Wheel-Made ware

1950-1050 BCE

Middle Cypriot I-II, Middle Cypriot III, Late Cypriot

Middle-Late Cypriot Plain White Wares

c.1750 - c. 1050 BCE

Middle Cypriot III, Late Cypriot

Late Bronze Age Red Lustrous Wheelmade wares (RLW)

c. 1550-1200 BCE

Late Bronze Age

Late Cypriot Base Ring wares

c. 1550-1150 BCE

Late Cypriot I, Late Cypriot II

Cypriot Late Bronze Age Cooking ware

1500-1050 BCE

Late Cypriot

Late Cypriot White Shaved Ware

c. 14th-12th c. BCE

Late Cypriot II A-B, Late Cypriot IIC

Associated Petro-fabrics

Cyprus/Eastern South Coast/calcareous silty fabric with basaltic minerals

Cyprus/Troodos mountains/volcaniclastic sediments with plutonics, diabase, basalt rocks and pillow lavas

Cyprus/Western South Coast/Iron rich fabric with mud stone and quartzite

Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

Peter M. Fischer and Teresa Bürge. Two Late Cypriot City Quarters at Hala Sultan Tekke The Söderberg Expedition 2010—2017. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology 147. Jonsered : Aström, 2018., 2018
Peter M. Fischer and Teresa Bürge. "Tombs and Offering Pits at the Late Bronze Age Metropolis of Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus" Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 377:161 (2017)
Åström, Paul, Donald Michael Bailey, and Vassos Karageorghis. Hala Sultan Tekke 1. Excavations 1897-1971. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology Göteborg: Paul Åströms förlag, 1976
Fischer, P.M.. " Geophysical prospecting at Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus" Journal of field archaeology, 7(4) 7(4) (1980), 479-484
Åström, D. M.. "Excavations in 1971: Trench 3" in Hala Sultan Tekke 1: Excavations 1897–1971, ed(s). P. Åström, D. M. Bailey, and V. Karageorghis. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology 45(1). Göteborg: Åströms, 1986, 112-119
Åström, P., and Nys, K.,. Hala Sultan Tekke 12: Tomb 24, Stone Anchors, Faunal Remains and Pottery Provenance. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology 45. Sävedalen: Åströms
Fischer, P. M.. The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2010: Excavations at Dromolaxia Vizatzia/Hala Sultan Tekke: Preliminary Results (with appendices by P. Klingborg, F. and F. Kärfve, C. Hagberg, O. Svensson, S. Macheridis, and L. Franz). Opuscula 4. 69–98
Fischer, P. M.. "SIMA and the New Swedish Cyprus Expedition at Hala Sultan Tekke" in Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology: Fity Years On, ed(s). J. M. Webb and D. Frankel. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology 137. Uppsala: Åströms, 2012
Fischer, P. M.. "The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2011: Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke; Preliminary Results (with appendices by T. Bürge, L. Franz, and R. Feldbacher).". Opuscula 5. 2012, 89-116
Fischer, P. M.. "The 12th Century BCE Destructions and the Abandonment of Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus" in “Sea Peoples” Up-to-Date: New Research on Transformations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 13th–11th Centuries bce; Proceedings of the ESFWorkshop Held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 3–4 November 2014, ed(s). P. M. Fischer and T. Bürge. Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean 35. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2017
Fischer, P. M., and Bürge, T. The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2012: Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke; Preliminary Results (with contributions by I. Trinks, B. Stolle, K. Heiß, J. A. I. van der Does, and D. M. Blattner). Opuscula 6. 45–79
Trinks, I.. "The Geophysical Survey at Hala Sultan Tekke: An Overview" in Opuscula. 8. 2015, 56–59
Samaes, M., and Nys, K.. "T.1 MLA 1173, an Extra Urban Tomb of the Late Bronze Age Site near Hala Sultan Tekke" in Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus 2010. 2010, 199– 228
Öbrink, U.. Hala Sultan Tekke 6: A Sherd Deposit in Area 22. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology 45 (6). Göteborg: Åströms, 1979

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