Cyprus Dataset: Settlements from 11000 BCE to 1878 CE

Abstract

The dataset described in this paper comprises one component of the project ‘EIDOS of a City: simulating the collapse and resilience of ancient Eastern Mediterranean urban environments via agent-based modelling’. The dataset consists of 1559 archaeological settlements from across Cyprus, with dates ranging from the Late Epipalaeolithic (11000 BCE) to the end of the Ottoman Period (1878 CE). Settlement data were gathered primarily from large survey projects as well as from select special purpose publications with the aim of gaining a broad temporal understanding of Cypriot settlement persistence. The dataset is deposited on GitHub and linked to Zenodo to enable future updates to the existing dataset. There is substantial reuse potential for applying to research across Cyprus and comparatively within the wider Mediterranean.