Overview

This volume, introduced by Edgar Peltenburg, presents the results of latest research by young scholars working on aspects of Cypriot archaeology from the Bronze Age to the Venetian period. It presents a diversity excavation, material culture, iconographic and linguistic evidence to explore the themes of ancient landscape, settlement and society; religion, cult and iconography; and Ancient Cyprus and the Mediterranean.

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Author:   Artemis Georgiou
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Dimensions:   Width: 20.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   1.315kg
ISBN:  

9781842174401

ISBN 10:   1842174401
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   31 August 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Keynote article: Text meets material culture in Late Bronze Age Cyprus (Edgar Peltenburg) Part I: Settlements, Burials and Society in Ancient Cyprus Expanding and Challenging Horizons in the Chalcolithic: New results from Souskiou-Laona (David Sewell) The Necropolis of Kissonerga-Ammoudhia: New Ceramic Evidence from the Early-Middle Bronze Age in western Cyprus (Lisa Graham) Detecting a sequence: stratigraphy and chronology of the Workshop Complex Area in Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou (Luca Bombardieri) Pyla-Kokkinokremos and Maa-Palaeokastro: A comparison of two short-lived settlements at the closing of the Late Bronze Age of Cyprus (Artemis Georgiou) The Early Cypro-Geometric I Pottery: Examining the Evidence from Lapithos Tomb 502 (Anna P. Georgiadou) The Anchorage Site at Kouklia-Achni, Southwest Cyprus: Problems and Perspectives (Duncan Howitt-Marshall) Eteocypriot: Linguistic and Archaeological Evidence (Philippa M. Steele) Part II: Religion, Cult and Iconography in Ancient Cyprus Copper and Cult in Bronze Age Cyprus (Matthew Spigelman) Of Goddesses and Warriors. Gender aspects of the Cypriot Goddesses with upraised arms (Katarzyna Zeman-Wisniewska) Hathor, la Grande Deesse et l'industrie du cuivre chypriote (Aurelie Carbillet) Cult and Iconography: Votive sculpture from the Archaic to early Hellenistic sanctuary at Maroni-Vournes (Anja Ulbrich) Part III: Ancient Cyprus and the Mediterranean Fragrant copying? Mycenaean perfumed oil and the role of Cyprus (Lesley Bushnell) Some notes on the jewellery of Cyprus and Greece: the art of goldsmiths and coppersmiths from the Late Bronze Age to the Iron Age (Anna Paule) Imitation or Innovation? Style, Decoration and Syntax of Greek and Cypriot Pottery during the Geometric Period (Alexander Vacek) The Attic pottery from Kition - a contextual approach (Iva Chirpanlieva) Cyprus and Cilicia: Amphora production, trade, and relations in the Early Roman Era (Caroline Autret) Venetian Elements in the Iconostasis of Cyprus (Iosif Hadjikyriakos)

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