Anatolian Contacts with Chalcolithic Cyprus

Mellink, Machteld J.

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“…This is the first time such a situation occurred in Cyprus, and either reflects the rise of one dominant production centre exporting all over the island, or the spread of a type and technology across the island as a valued, prestige, assemblage. The general Anatolian influences and associations in the Philia Phase and the EC period (e.g., Swiny 1986a;Mellink 1991), and, for example, the apparent attempt in Philia Phase jugs and pots to reproduce the even features of (Anatolian) wheelmade pottery (Swiny 1986a, 33), all suggest that the latter is more likely. Such a pattern could perhaps be explained in terms of the value and importance of foreign goods, styles and ideas to an emerging Clite in Cyprus when set in the context of the island's developing society just entering the larger, more advanced, east Mediterranean 'world system' of the mid-third millennium BC (Manning 1993).…”

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SOTIRA KAMINOUDHIA AND THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE EARLY BRONZE AGE IN CYPRUS

Manning

Swiny

1994

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary. The Early Bronze Age (EBA) of Cyprus is a key phase of transformation in the prehistory of the island. Major developments are observed in the economic, social and artistic arenas, but owing to the lack of excavated settlements no firm chronology has ever existed for this period. Excavations in southern Cyprus at Sotira Kaminoudhia, a site with an assemblage belonging in broad terms to the Early Cypriot (EBA) Red Polished ceramic tradition, have helped to fill the lacuna. This paper presents the analyses of a series of radiocarbon determinations from well stratified organic samples in the settlement. These both confirm the EBA status of the site and provide the first firm absolute chronology for the Cypriot EBA. In addition, the new data from Sotira Kaminoudhia provide an opportunity to examine the beginning of this period on Cyprus — specifically the much debated issue of the so‐called Philia Phase — both in chronological and socio‐economic terms.

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SOTIRA KAMINOUDHIA AND THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE EARLY BRONZE AGE IN CYPRUS

Manning

Swiny

1994

Oxford J Archaeology

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“…Sherds and a possible jug of Cypriot Philia EC wares from EB II Tarsus attest to reciprocal connections between the north coast and the Anatolian mainland [86] (pp. 112-113, 128, 130, Figure 263.371-378), [87] (pp. 170-172, Figures 2-7), [88] (pp.…”

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“…Lapithos, in particular, is 'an exceptionally favoured locality' [29] (p. 74) with perennial flow irrigation allowing intensive land use and relatively high population density [21] (pp. 59,63,118,199,Figures 41,60,62a,87). The spring at Lapithos Vrysi tou Barba, which is one of the most copious on the island, outlets in a deep semicircular cove, potentially offering ancient shipping a source of freshwater as well as a safe anchorage.…”

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“…[139][140][141][142], [63] (pp. [84][85][86][87]). This may reflect a more-or-less direct evolution on the north coast from the earlier Philia EC system-which had been founded on economic centrality and the management of cross-island networks-to one in which status and authority were structured in ways which appealed instead to ritual legitimacy and the elaboration of a highly localised material culture.…”

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Shifting Centres: Site Location and Resource Procurement on the North Coast of Cyprus over the Longue Durée of the Prehistoric Bronze Age

Webb

2018

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This paper examines the relationship between site location, resource procurement, and political economy in the context of three localised centres of settlement-Vasilia, Vounous, and Lapithos-which succeeded each other in the narrow, naturally bounded north coastal strip of Cyprus during the approximately 750 years of the Early and Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2450-1700 BC). Cyprus is home to abundant copper sulphide ores and was linked to the international metal trade in the first phase of the Early Bronze Age and again in the Middle Bronze Age. In both cases, this was conducted largely, if not exclusively, via outlets on the north coast which lie close to the southern coast of Anatolia and contemporary shipping lanes but some 35-40 km distant from the nearest ore bodies in the foothills of the Troodos Mountains. Mechanisms which allowed north coast sites to overcome internal distance deterrents in order to exploit geostrategic advantages in relation to external trade include a favourable natural environment (rainfall, soils, and harbours), technological advantage, probably coercion (physical and ideological), and an ability to achieve high levels of centrality within communication and transport networks with fluctuating levels of integration and hierarchy.

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“…It thus occupied a key position linking the Near East and Anatolia and is considered a potential site for the redistribution and dissemination of obsidian as far back as 6000 BC (Mellink, 1991). Previous analysis situates Neolithic Mersin-Yümüktepe within the central Anatolian obsidian circulation network Demortier et al, 2008).…”

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