Kissonerga-Mosphilia: A Major Chalcolithic Site in Cyprus
Calibrated radiometric dates have shown that the Chalcolithic period in Cyprus lasted from about 3800 to 2300 B. C., much longer than Dikaios (1962) and others thought was the case. Although copper was first exploited then, a dynamic new art style was created, and transmaritime exchanges were initia...
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| Language: | English |
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The University of Chicago Press
1991
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 1991, Volume: 282/283, Pages: 17-35 |
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| Summary: | Calibrated radiometric dates have shown that the Chalcolithic period in Cyprus lasted from about 3800 to 2300 B. C., much longer than Dikaios (1962) and others thought was the case. Although copper was first exploited then, a dynamic new art style was created, and transmaritime exchanges were initiated, no work has been carried out on a major site of the period since Dikaios' 1933-1935 sounding at Erimi. To remedy this obvious shortfall, the Lemba Archaeological Project has conducted excavations since 1983 at Kissonerga-Mosphilia, the largest prehistoric site in western Cyprus. This article is a descriptive account of some preliminary results that, when analysis of retrieved material is complete, will add significantly to our understanding of the late fifth to third millennia B. C. in the eastern Mediterranean basin. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1357260 |