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Appetite for Destruction
Destruction processes are considered ‘time capsules of material culture’ (Driessen 2013) as they freeze a site at one moment of its history providing key evidence for interpreting the archaeological record and reconstructing social, political, cultural and ideological circumstances. By focusing on selected case-studies, this paper aims at briefly discussing existing evidence of destruction events in Bronze Age contexts in Cyprus, and at a preliminary presentation of new research data resulting from ongoing interdisciplinary analyses at Middle Bronze Age Erimi.
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Appetite for Destruction
Destruction processes are considered ‘time capsules of material culture’ (Driessen 2013) as they freeze a site at one moment of its history providing key evidence for interpreting the archaeological record and reconstructing social, political, cultural and ideological circumstances. By focusing on selected case-studies, this paper aims at briefly discussing existing evidence of destruction events in Bronze Age contexts in Cyprus, and at a preliminary presentation of new research data resulting from ongoing interdisciplinary analyses at Middle Bronze Age Erimi.
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New directions in Cypriot archaeology
\"Highlights recent contributions especially from a new generation of scholars that use current, interdisciplinary techniques to approach both existing and novel questions about Cypriot prehistory and protohistory\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Identifying stone tools used in mining, smelting, and casting in Middle Bronze Age Cyprus
Metallurgical production sites are often difficult to identify in the archaeological record because ore beneficiation and slag processing in the past involved the use of ground stone tools that were similar to those used in other contexts to prepare cereals and foods. Analysis of the ground stone assemblage from a Middle Bronze Age copper mining and production site at Ambelikou Aletri in Cyprus provided an opportunity to distinguish industrial and domestic ground stone tools and to identify the types of tools used in different stages of metal production. A comparison of tool morphologies, raw materials, and wear and breakage patterns from Ambelikou Aletri with those from contemporary domestic contexts, suggests that distinctions in the nature and structure of industrial and domestic tool kits do exist and those distinctions have an important role to play in identifying mining, smelting, and casting sites in the future.
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Household and community behavior at Bronze Age Politiko-Troullia, Cyprus
We investigate intrasite patterns of artifacts and floral and faunal data to interpret household and community behavior at the Middle Cypriot (Bronze Age) village of Politiko-Troullia in the foothills of the Troodos Mountains, Cyprus. Floral evidence indicates cultivation of orchard crops (e.g., olive and grape), as well as the persistence of woodlands that provided wood for fuel. Animal management combined herding of domesticated sheep, goat, pig, and cattle with the hunting of Mesopotamian fallow deer. Metallurgical evidence points to the production of utilitarian copper tools in household workshops. Group activities are reflected by the deposition of anthropomorphic figurines, spinning and weaving equipment, and deer bones in an open courtyard setting. In sum, Politiko-Troullia exemplifies a diversified agrarian economy on a distinctly anthropogenic landscape that fostered the development of household and supra-household social differentiation in pre-urban Bronze Age Cyprus.
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Mediterranean Archaeology and Ethnicity
Archaeologists increasingly seek to engage with concepts of ethnicity and identity in their research, and several recent publications specifically treat ethnicity and identity in the Mediterranean or ancient Near East. In this chapter, I focus mainly on the concept of ethnicity, although the related concept of (social) identity frequently enters the discussion. First, I define briefly the concept of ethnicity, and discuss its possible material reflections. I then consider how Mediterranean archaeologists have used and abused the concept of ethnicity. Both concepts are illustrated with a case study involving Cyprus and the southern Levant at the transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age. I conclude that the study of ethnicity continues to present several intractable problems for archaeologists, particularly for prehistorians.
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The Transition from Bronze to Iron in the Near East and in the Levant: Marginal Notes
The considerable increase of archaeological discoveries, laboratory analyses, and historical speculations concerning early Cypriot involvement in copper mining and the bronze industry along with that island's crucial role in the shift from bronze to iron metallurgy have become a favorite topic of interdisciplinary investigations and debates. This review article focuses on historical issues relevant to the socio-economic setting of the transition to iron in the Near East.
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Disuse of Spaces and Discard of Artefacts During the Abandonment of Erimi-Laonin Tou Porakou
The aim of this paper, starting from the analysis of the assemblage and stratigraphy of the unburned rooms, is to analyse the possible discard and disuse processes during the planned and gradual abandonment at Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou (Cyprus). Scholars note how the decision to leave objects when a place is abandoned depends on multiple factors, from functional reasons to ritual practices. At Erimi some markers suggest a possible intentional closure treatment of parts of the site in which it is possible to recognise a mix of functional and symbolic abandonment behaviours.
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