The Archaeology of Cyprus: From Earliest Prehistory through the Bronze Age

by A. Bernard Knapp

• ISBN13: 9780521723473
• ISBN10: 0521723477
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-03-18
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Situated between the worlds of the Near East, Europe and Africa, the archaeology and culture of Cyprus are central to an understanding of the ancient Mediterranean world. This book treats the archaeology of Cyprus from the first-known human presence during the Late Epipalaeolithic (c.11,000 BC) through the end of the Bronze Age (c.1000 BC). A. Bernard Knapp examines the archaeological and documentary records of prehistoric Cyprus within their regional context, paying special attention to the Levant and the Aegean. The appendix (compiled by Sturt W. Manning) analyses all published radiocarbon dates from the island, providing for the first time a comprehensive chronological framework for all of Cypriot prehistory. Focusing on key themes such as identity, insularity and connectivity, and society, community and polity throughout, this book provides a remarkably up-to-date and integrated synthesis of human activity on the Mediterranean's third-largest island.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chronology, current research, and interpretive context

Early prehistoric Cyprus i: Palaeolithic âÇô Early Aceramic Neolithic

Early prehistoric Cyprus ii: Late Aceramic Neolithic (LAN) and Ceramic Neolithic

Later prehistoric Cyprus: Chalcolithic âÇô Late Chalcolithic

Prehistoric Bronze Age Crete (PreBA)

Protohistoric Bronze Age Greece (ProBA)

Conclusions: insularity, connectivity, and identity on prehistoric and protohistoric Cyprus

Appendix: a chronology for prehistoric Cyprus, ca. 11000âÇô1050 Cal BC

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