Phoenicians in the West

Carpenter, Rhys

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“…he Phoenician tomb MΛA 1742, with two chambers and a step dromos excavated near Larnaca in 1998 (Hadjisawas, 1999), delivered Phoenician pottery and jewellery of high quality and exceptional iconography described in a publication by Flourentzos and Vitobello in this issue of ArcheoSciences. Similar costume jewellery was found in other Phoenician sites of the Mediterranean (Carpenter, 1958).…”

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In-situ examination and analysis of the gold jewellery from the Phoenician tomb of Kition (Cyprus)

Guerra¹,

Rehren²

2009

archeosciences

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he Phoenician tomb discovered in Kition in 1998 yielded some of the most impressive gold jewellery items recovered by archaeological excavations in Cyprus. Seal inger-rings, lunate earrings, necklace pendants, bracelets and a richly decorated elbow ibula exemplify the goldsmith's skill in the 8 th-7 th century BC. he aim of this work is to describe and illustrate the goldsmith's techniques with low magniication micrographs and to determine the variety in composition of the gold alloys used in the manufacture of 25 items. he study, integrated in the European project AUTHENTICO, was carried out at the National Museum of Archaeology of Nicosia with a portable video camera equipped with a zoom and a handheld XRF spectrometer. Résumé : Parmi les objets d'orfèvrerie les plus impressionnants livrés par les fouilles archéologiques menées à Chypre, se trouvent ceux découverts en 1998 dans la tombe phénicienne de Kition. Bagues à sceau, boucles d'oreille, pendants de colliers, bracelets et une ibule à l'arc coudé richement décorée, mettent en évidence la virtuosité de l'orfèvre au VIII e-VII e siècle av. J.-C. Le but de ce travail est de décrire et illustrer les techniques employées par l'orfèvre et de déterminer la variété des alliages en or employés. L'étude analytique a été réalisée dans le cadre du projet européen AUTHENTICO, au Musée national d'archéologie de Nicosie, à l'aide d'une camera vidéo portable équipée d'un zoom et d'un analyseur de luorescence X portable miniaturisé.

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In-situ examination and analysis of the gold jewellery from the Phoenician tomb of Kition (Cyprus)

Guerra¹,

Rehren²

2009

archeosciences

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“…For example, Figure 8. Phylogeny tree built with K haplogroup complete mtDNA sequences available in MitoTool database (Fan & Yao, 2013) and Mediterranean ancient people (Table 1) Phoenician commercial trade could have contributed to the genetic affinity between Middle-Eastern regions and the Western fringe of Europe and North Africa (Carpenter, 1958;Matisoo-Smith et al, 2016). The partial similarity in North Africans gives another hint: Carthage was located in Tunisia and dominated for a long time (Matisoo-Smith et al, 2016), even though the Berbers genetically and culturally influenced Algerian and Moroccan populations (Brett & Fentress, 1996), supporting their mitochondrial genetic affinity ( Figures 5 and 6).…”

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Mitochondrial variability in the Mediterranean area: a complex stage for human migrations

Angelis

Scorrano

Martínez-Labarga

et al. 2018

Annals of Human Biology

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Although the mitogenome variability has been widely used to try and clarify the evolution of the Mediterranean genetic makeup throughout almost 50 000 years, it is necessary to collect whole genome data on both extinct and extant populations from this area to fully reconstruct and interpret the impact of multiple migratory waves and their cultural and genetic consequences on the structure of the Mediterranean populations.

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“…Known for their voyaging and trading skills, craftsmanship, and their access to the highly prized purple dye, from which the Greeks derived the name for these maritime traders, the Phoenicians had an important influence across the Mediterranean and beyond. While there have been claims that they had circumnavigated the African continent, there is clear evidence that they reached as far westward as the Atlantic coasts of Spain and Morocco [ 4 ]. It has also been suggested that Phoenician contact via the tin route reached as far as the south of Britain [ 4 ], though no archaeological evidence to date has been found to support this claim.…”

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“…While there have been claims that they had circumnavigated the African continent, there is clear evidence that they reached as far westward as the Atlantic coasts of Spain and Morocco [ 4 ]. It has also been suggested that Phoenician contact via the tin route reached as far as the south of Britain [ 4 ], though no archaeological evidence to date has been found to support this claim.…”

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A European Mitochondrial Haplotype Identified in Ancient Phoenician Remains from Carthage, North Africa

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While Phoenician culture and trade networks had a significant impact on Western civilizations, we know little about the Phoenicians themselves. In 1994, a Punic burial crypt was discovered on Byrsa Hill, near the entry to the National Museum of Carthage in Tunisia. Inside this crypt were the remains of a young man along with a range of burial goods, all dating to the late 6th century BCE. Here we describe the complete mitochondrial genome recovered from the Young Man of Byrsa and identify that he carried a rare European haplogroup, likely linking his maternal ancestry to Phoenician influenced locations somewhere on the North Mediterranean coast, the islands of the Mediterranean or the Iberian Peninsula. This result not only provides the first direct ancient DNA evidence of a Phoenician individual but the earliest evidence of a European mitochondrial haplogroup, U5b2c1, in North Africa.

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Phoenicians in the West

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In-situ examination and analysis of the gold jewellery from the Phoenician tomb of Kition (Cyprus)

In-situ examination and analysis of the gold jewellery from the Phoenician tomb of Kition (Cyprus)

Mitochondrial variability in the Mediterranean area: a complex stage for human migrations

A European Mitochondrial Haplotype Identified in Ancient Phoenician Remains from Carthage, North Africa

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