Interregional trade at Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: Analysis and chronology of imports

Abstract

• Far-reaching interregional contacts confirmed by scientific analyses of imports. • Multi-varied analyses include petrography, NAA, FTIR, XRF. • Combination of visual examination and multi-varied analyses. • Geophysical prospecting with 10 magnetometers mounted on a chart, and georadar. • Large-scale copper production and purple-dyed textiles confirmed. This paper presents the results from extensive and intensive field work at Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus, supported by scientific analyses. They shed light on the scope of interregional trade in which this Late Bronze Age harbour city participated from the 15th to the 12th centuries B.C. Although the results from older excavations suggested the city’s engagement in interregional trade, these preliminary conclusions were based on chronologically and geographically restricted material and only a few scientific analyses, which have since been complemented and partly revised. It is now clear that long-distance exchange, based on the large-scale intra-urban production and distribution of copper, involved regional and more distant suppliers of coveted goods, and resulted in the transition of the settlement from a late 17th century B.C. village to a trade hub with a minimum extent of 25 ha.

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