Cyprus, an island culture : society and social relations from the Bronze Age to the Venetian period / edited by Artemis Georgiou.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Georgiou, Artemis.

Conference Name:

Annual conference in postgraduate Cypriot archaeology (9th : 2009 : Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies (University of Oxford))

Series:

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9TH ANNUAL MEETING OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS IN CYPRIOT

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social archaeology--Cyprus--Congresses.

Social archaeology.

Archaeology and history--Cyprus--Congresses.

Archaeology and history.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Cyprus--Congresses.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Historic sites--Cyprus--Congresses.

Historic sites.

Material culture--Cyprus--History--Congresses.

Material culture.

Landscapes--Social aspects--Cyprus--History--Congresses.

Landscapes.

Human settlements--Greece--Cyprus--History--Congresses.

Human settlements.

Cyprus--Antiquities--Congresses.

Cyprus.

Cyprus--Social conditions--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oakville, Conn. : Oxbow Books, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. TEXT MEETS MATERIAL IN LATE BRONZE AGE CYPRUS; 2. EXPANDING AND CHALLENGING HORIZONS IN THE CHALCOLITHIC: NEW RESULTS FROM SOUSKIOU-LAONA; 3. THE NECROPOLIS AT KISSONERGA-AMMOUDHIA: NEW CERAMIC EVIDENCE FROM THE EARLY-MIDDLE BRONZE AGE IN WESTERN CYPRUS; 4. DETECTING A SEQUENCE: STRATIGRAPHY AND CHRONOLOGY OF THE WORKSHOP COMPLEX AREA AT ERIMI-LAONIN TOU PORAKOU; 5. PYLA-KOKKINOKREMOS AND MAA-PALAEOKASTRO: A COMPARISON OF TWO NATURALLY FORTIFIED LATE CYPRIOT SETTLEMENTS

6. THE EARLY CYPRO-GEOMETRIC I POTTERY: EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE FROM LAPITHOS TOMB 5027. THE ANCHORAGE SITE AT KOUKLIA-ACHNI, SOUTHWEST CYPRUS: PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES; 8. ETEOCYPRIOT: LINGUISTIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; 9. COPPER AND CULT IN BRONZE AGE CYPRUS; 10. OF "GODDESSES" AND "WARRIORS". GENDER ASPECTS OF THE CYPRIOT "GODDESS WITH UPRAISED ARMS"; 11. HATHOR, LA GRANDE DÉESSE ET L'INDUSTRIE DU CUIVRE CHYPRIOTE; 12. CULT AND ICONOGRAPHY: VOTIVE SCULPTURE FROM THE ARCHAIC TO EARLY HELLENISTIC SANCTUARY AT MARONI-VOURNES

13. FRAGRANT COPYING? MYCENAEAN PERFUMED OIL AND THE ROLE OF CYPRUS14. SOME NOTES ON THE JEWELLERY OF CYPRUS AND GREECE: THE ART OF GOLDSMITHS AND COPPERSMITHS FROM THE LATE BRONZE AGE TO THE EARLY IRON AGE; 15. IMITATION OR INNOVATION? STYLE, DECORATION AND SYNTAX OF GREEK AND CYPRIOT POTTERY DURING THE GEOMETRIC PERIOD; 16. THE ATTIC POTTERY FROM KITION - A CONTEXTUAL APPROACH; 17. CYPRUS AND CILICIA: AMPHORA PRODUCTION, TRADE AND RELATIONS IN THE EARLY ROMAN ERA; 18. VENETIAN ELEMENTS IN THE ICONOSTASIS OF CYPRUS

Notes:

"Proceedings of the 9th annual conference in postgraduate Cypriot archaeology (POCA 2009) ... held at the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, University of Oxford from the 19th to the 21st of November 2009"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-84217-953-5

OCLC:

829461113