Marki<i>Alonia</i>: a prehistoric Bronze Age settlement in Cyprus

Frankel, David; Webb, Jennifer M.

doi:10.1017/s0003598x00060336

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“…On the other hand, the black francolin is relatively well represented among the avifauna assemblages at Epipaleolithic and Neolithic sites in Iraq (38), Israel (39), and Syria (40). The first osteological record attributed to the species on Cyprus dates back to the Middle Bronze Age (41). This gamebird, then, was most likely introduced to Cyprus from the mainland sometime after the initial human colonization in the preceramic Neolithic.…”

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“…Early imports to the island included not only domestic or at least managed livestock species (pigs, goats, cattle, and sheep) but also a variety of game species, most notably the Mesopotamian fallow deer (Dama dama mesopotamica) and the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) (2). The consensus opinion is that the original source of introduced livestock and game species on Cyprus in ancient times was the northern Levant or coastal Anatolia (41,44), and an active exchange of people and resources between Cyprus and Asia Minor from the Late Neolithic onward is well documented (45). These historical connections make the presence of the H20 haplotype in Turkey especially interesting, and suggest Asia Minor as the possible source population for at least part of the black francolin population on Cyprus.…”

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Impacts of biological globalization in the Mediterranean: Unveiling the deep history of human-mediated gamebird dispersal

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Guerrini

Grouw

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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Humans have a long history of moving wildlife that over time has resulted in unprecedented biotic homogenization. It is, as a result, often unclear whether certain taxa are native to a region or naturalized, and how the history of human involvement in species dispersal has shaped present-day biodiversity. Although currently an eastern Palaearctic galliform, the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) was known to occur in the western Mediterranean from at least the time of Pliny the Elder, if not earlier. During Medieval times and the Renaissance, the black francolin was a courtly gamebird prized not only for its flavor, but also its curative, and even aphrodisiac qualities. There is uncertainty, however, whether this important gamebird was native or introduced to the region and, if the latter, what the source of introduction into the western Mediterranean was. Here we combine historical documentation with a DNA investigation of modern birds and archival (13th-20th century) specimens from across the species' current and historically documented range. Our study proves the black francolin was nonnative to the western Mediterranean, and we document its introduction from the east via several trade routes, some reaching as far as South Asia. This finding provides insight into the reach and scope of long-distance trade routes that serviced the demand of European aristocracy for exotic species as symbols of wealth and prestige, and helps to demonstrate the lasting impact of human-mediated long-distance species dispersal on current day biodiversity.

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Impacts of biological globalization in the Mediterranean: Unveiling the deep history of human-mediated gamebird dispersal

Forcina

Guerrini

Grouw

et al. 2015

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…This is somewhat higher than in domestic contexts at Marki Alonia, where hey account for 45.8% of the curated and expedient assemblage (Frankel and Webb 2006: (Storck and Teague 1952: 43-53, figs. 18-28;Wright 1992: 63), with flat, convex or irregular bases, and concave work surfaces that are normally slightly convex in transverse section (FIG.…”

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“…Calcarenite querns are also less robust. They are overrepresented (at 72.5%) among fragmentary examples at Marki Alonia, suggesting more rapid attrition and higher fracture rates than for igneous querns (Frankel and Webb 2006: 228, text table 6.10).…”

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Identifying stone tools used in mining, smelting, and casting in Middle Bronze Age Cyprus

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2015

Journal of Field Archaeology

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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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“…Our purpose was to cross-check the chronological sequence obtained by archaeological evidence and, in a wider perspective, to offer a substantial contribution to the few existing absolute dates of the period (see e.g. Manning and Swiny 1994;Manning et al 2001;Frankel and Webb 2006). The Workshop Complex cleared on the top mound of Area A extends over an area of 20 χ 15m that is currently being investigated.…”

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Erimi-Laonin Tou Porakou (Limassol, Cyprus): Radiocarbon Analyses of the Bronze Age Cemetery and Workshop Complex

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ABSTRACT. The site area of Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou (Limassol, Cyprus) has been surveyed and systematically excavated since 2007 as a joint research project of the University of Florence and the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus. A focused investigation was dedicated to analyzing funerary evidence from the southern Cemetery (Area E), where 7 singlechamber graves were excavated. The offering goods assemblages from the burials point to a general date ranging from Early to Late Bronze Age I, and draw a sequence of use that is contemporary to the stratigraphie deposits from the top mound Workshop Complex (Area A). During the 2010 field season, charcoal samples from the Workshop Complex and bone samples from the skeleton remains of 2 burials (tombs 228, 230) were opportunely taken for radiocarbon analyses. 14 C dating was performed at the AMS-IBA Tandetron accelerator of the INFN-LABEC Laboratory in Florence. This paper will discuss the results of the 14 C analyses and compare them with the archaeological evidence in order to outline a chronological sequence for the settlement and cemetery areas at Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou, thus collecting further data on the development and pattern of occupation of the Early to Late Cypriote period in the Kourion area.

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MarkiAlonia: a prehistoric Bronze Age settlement in Cyprus

Cited by 17 publications

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Impacts of biological globalization in the Mediterranean: Unveiling the deep history of human-mediated gamebird dispersal

Impacts of biological globalization in the Mediterranean: Unveiling the deep history of human-mediated gamebird dispersal

Identifying stone tools used in mining, smelting, and casting in Middle Bronze Age Cyprus

Erimi-Laonin Tou Porakou (Limassol, Cyprus): Radiocarbon Analyses of the Bronze Age Cemetery and Workshop Complex

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