We present new insights on the directional occurrence of the Levantine Iron Age Anomaly (LIAA) through the analysis of new and previously published directional archaeomagnetic data from Cyprus and nearby countries. The new directions, obtained from in situ baked clay structures such as small hearths and ovens from five Cypriot archaeological sites, dated from 2000 BCE to 1400 CE, are very well defined and are added to the scant reference dataset for Cyprus. The new records together with literature data from nearby countries are used to investigate the directional variations of the geomagnetic field in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. The first directional palaeosecular variation curve for Middle East is calculated using a critical selection of reference data from Cyprus, Israel, Turkey and Syria. The curve covers the last four millennia and shows several periods characterized by abrupt directional changes. A maximum change in curvature is clearly observed around 900 BCE, characterized by a change rate as high as 13.2° per century. The new curve confirms that during the Levantine Iron Age Anomaly notable for extreme intensity values, the geomagnetic field was characterized by steep inclinations and important directional change too. The maximum curvature is shifted by around one century from the two distinct intensity spikes previously observed in Levant around the 10th and 8th centuries BCE. Other periods of important curvature change are also identified and deserve further investigation.

通过分析来自塞浦路斯和附近国家的新的和先前发布的定向古地磁数据，我们提供了关于黎凡特铁矿时代异常（LIAA）定向发生的新见解。从原位获得的新方向烤制的粘土结构，例如五个公元前2000年至1400年的塞浦路斯考古遗址的小炉膛和烤箱，都得到了很好的定义，并被添加到塞浦路斯的很少参考数据库中。新记录与附近国家的文献数据一起用于调查东地中海和中东地区地磁场的方向变化。使用来自塞浦路斯，以色列，土耳其和叙利亚的参考数据的严格选择，计算出了中东地区第一条定向古生物变化曲线。该曲线涵盖了过去的四千年，并显示了几个以突然的方向变化为特征的时期。在公元前900年左右就可以清楚地看到最大的曲率变化，其特征是每世纪的变化率高达13.2°。新的曲线证实，在黎凡特铁器时代异常现象中，极端强度值非常明显，地磁场的特征也在于陡峭的倾斜度和重要的方向变化。与之前在公元前10世纪和8世纪在黎凡特观察到的两个明显的强度峰值相比，最大曲率偏移了大约一个世纪。其他重要曲率变化的时期也已确定，值得进一步研究。