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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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Peltenburg, Edgar (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
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Έκδοση: The University of Chicago Press 1991
Στο/Στη: Bulletin of ASOR
Έτος: 1991, Τόμος: 282/283, Σελίδες: 17-35
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Σύνοψη: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.
ISSN:2161-8062
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1357260