Kalavasos (Greek: Καλαβασός; Turkish: Kalavason) is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, located 6 km north of Zygi. In its vicinity, there are copper mines.
The name is reputed to mean beautiful (καλά) wooded valley (βάσσα) in old Greek.[2]
^"C1. POPULATION ENUMERATED BY SEX, AGE, DISTRICT, MUNICIPALITY/COMMUNITY AND QUARTER (1.10.2011)", Population - Place of Residence, 2011, Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus, 2014-04-17, archived from the original on 2014-04-20, retrieved 2014-04-20
^A description of the historic monuments of Cyprus. Studies in the archaeology and architecture of the island, by George Jeffery, Architect, 1918; p.353
Kalavasos has been a settlement since the New Stone Age. The Tenta archaeological site is located in Kalavasos. A street in Kalavasos. The Kalavasos-Tenta...
are close to the sites of Kalavasos and Alassa (itself a possible cognate of Alashiya). These sites, especially Kalavasos, were also important Late Bronze...
Red Polished ware from a tomb at Kalavasos"; Pottery of ancient Cyprus displayed, include stone vessels from Kalavasos' and Choirokoitia's Neolithic Period...
type Existed Akkadian Empire Akkad Empire 2334–2193 BC Alashiya Enkomi, Kalavasos Kingdom 1450–1050 BC Amorite Various United kingdoms 2000–1595 BC Arme-Shupria...
the aceramic Neolithic sites of throughout Cyprus, such as Khirokitia, Kalavasos-Tenta, Cap Andreas Kastros, and Ais Yiorkis,[citation needed] and were...
(grain and sheep) and copper mines situated very close to the northeast Kalavasos. About 385-380 BC, the philhellene Evagoras of Salamis was similarly opposed...
throughout the island. The two most important are called Khirokitia and Kalavasos-Tenta. Late Aceramic Cyprus did not have much external contact because...
uncertain. The most important cemeteries are at Bellapais, Lapithos, Kalavasos and Deneia. An extensive collection of Bronze Age pottery can be seen...
ISBN 978-0-19-008952-8. Rautman, Marcus (2003). "A Cypriot Village of Late Antiquity: Kalavasos-Kopetra in the Vasilikos Valley". The Journal of Roman Archaeology. Megaw...
45 km Nasser Al-Attiyah 2:21.7 62.24 km/h Nasser Al-Attiyah SS2 9:09 Kalavasos 1 10.42 km Martin Prokop 8:34.3 72.94 km/h SS3 10:07 Lythrodontas 1 23...
clay tablets and records found in metropolitan cities such as Enkomi and Kalavasos. The Cesnola Collection also contains numerous vases on which some characters...
of the company offices there, and the following month to the mines of Kalavasos again as supervisor. A year later he was promoted to assistant manager...
Christian church/basilica sites in Cyprus: Agios Georgios Hill, Nicosia, Kalavasos-Kopetra, Alassa-Ayia Mavri, and Maroni-Petrera. The Hill of Agios Georgios...
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