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Cyprus

Cyprus in the 19th Century AD: Fact, Fancy and Fiction
edited by Veronica Tatton-Brown
The 22nd British Museum Classical Colloquium, held in December 1998, was dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Olivier Masson. Throughout his long career his over-riding enthusiasm was in the study of the archaeological heritage of Cyprus, in particular through the collection of the British Museum. Contributors, from Europe and America, write about the major sites, the convictions and motives of those who investigated them, the political ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £55.00, Our Price GB £9.95

The Stamp-Seals of Ancient Cyprus
by A.T. Reyes
Glyptics had a long history in Cyprus; from at least the fourteenth century BC, the island produced seals in significant quantities in a variety of shapes and styles. The cylinders from the Late Bronze Age are well documented, but the stamp-seals which came after them, and preceded the gem industry of classical times, have previously been neglected. This study examines these in order to discover what they reveal about society at the end of the ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £45.00, Our Price GB £5.00

Egypt and Cyprus in Antiquity: Proceedings of the International Conference, Nicosia 3-6 April 2003
edited by D Michaelides, V Kassianidou and R Merrillees
The international conference "Egypt and Cyprus in Antiquity" held in Nicosia in April 2003 filled an important gap in historical knowledge about Cyprus' relations with its neighbours. While the island's links with the Aegean and the Levant have been well documented and continue to be the subject of much archaeological attention, the exchanges between Cyprus and the Nile Valley are not as well known and have not before been comprehensively ...
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Neolithic Revolution: New perspectives on Southwest Asia in light of recent discoveries on Cyprus
edited by Edgar Peltenburg and Alexander Wasse
The move towards a sedentary way of life had a profound effect on the human way of life: the development of complex societies can be directly attributed to the beginnings of farming in place of a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle. When Gordon Childe coined the term 'Neolithic revolution' he meant it to reflect these vast changes that had occurred in the near east. This book extends the reach of these changes to include Cyprus, presenting new ...
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Script and Seal Use on Cyprus in the Bronze and Iron Ages
edited by Joanna S Smith
This volume explores different approaches to the 'contextual' study of Cypriot scripts and seals and fosters a more integrated view of cultural continuities and discontinuities through time and space, and among different methods of recording in Cypriot archaeology. Contributors include Nicolle Hirschfeld, Jennifer M Webb, Georgia Bonny Bazemore, Andres T Reyes, and Barry B Powell. (AIA Colloquia and Conference Papers 4, Archaeological ...
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Views from Phlamoudhi, Cyprus
edited by Joanna S. Smith
Fieldwork in the village of Phlamoudhi, Cyprus from 1970-1973 by the Columbia University Expedition to Phlamoudhi recorded the only systematically excavated evidence for Middle to Late Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement north of the Kyrenia Mountains. Halted by the war of 1974 that divided the island, most of the discoveries in Phlamoudhi remained unpublished until 2000 when the Phlamoudhi Archaeological Project began the systematic study, ...
Hardback. Price GB £48.00

Cypriot Bronze Age Pottery from Sir Leonard Wooley's
by Celia J Bergoffen
The aim of Woolley's excavations at Tell Atchana was to trace the cultural interconnections between the Minoan civilisation and the Near East, and the site itself presented a midway point on one of the principle trade routes of the Mediterranean in the Amuq Valley. The volume and variety of the finds from Alalakh combined with the possibility of dating them on the basis of historical evidence made the site of the utmost importance. This study ...
Paperback. Price GB £41.00

Archaeological Field Survey in Cyprus: Past History, Future Potential: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus, 1-2 December 2000
edited by Maria Iacovou
The volume contains fifteen papers. Ten of them record the genesis and the development of archaeological survey in Cyprus; they also discuss the reasons why the twentieth century ended with serious set-backs in the protection of cultural landscapes, despite the fact that in Cyprus survey was conducted in the name of archaeological resource management as early as 1955. The credit for this accomplishment goes to Hector Catling, who had envisioned ...
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Ancient Cyprus in the British Museum: Essays in Honour of Veronica Tatton-Brown
edited by Thomas Kiely
The ancient Cypriot collections of the British Museum have inspired the essays in this volume in honour of Veronica Tatton-Brown, who for many years was their curator. Written by her academic colleagues and friends, the themes covered range from funeral rites at Late Bronze Age Enkomi to sculptured portraits of parents and children in the 5th and 4th centuries BC, along with the reconstruction of the Persian siege ramp at Palaipaphos and the ...
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On the Margins of Southwest Asia: Cyprus during the 6th to 4th Millennia BC
by Joanne Clarke with contributions by Carole McCartney and Alexander Wasse
This book examines social change in Cyprus during the 6th to 4th millennia BC; a period that is traditionally viewed as one of prolonged cultural continuity and isolation from the mainland. Through the documentation and integration of technological practice and up-to-date climatic, ecological and environmental data, it is proposed that many of the observable differences between mainland southwest Asia and Cyprus during this period are the result ...
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