Ambelikou Aletri. Metallurgy and Pottery Production in Middle Bronze Age Cyprus

David Frankel & Jennifer Webb (with contributions by M. Georgakopoulou, T. Rehren, G. Constantinou & I. Panayides)

Πόλη: Uppsala

Έτος: 2013

Εκδότης: Åströms Förlag

Σειρά: Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology 138

Περιγραφή: Σκληρό εξώφυλλο, 245 σ., πολυάριθμες έγχρωμες και α/μ εικόνες, 14 πίνακες εικόνων, 30x21.5 εκ.

Περίληψη (στα Αγγλικά)

This volume presents the full documentation, analysis and discussion of the excavations carried out by Porphyrios Dikaios in 1942 at Ambelikou Aletri. The site lies to the west of the modern village of Ambelikou, northwest of the Skouriotissa copper mines, in the northern foothills of the Troodos Mountains. It has always been known for the evidence of copper mining and processing through the discovery of Middle Bronze Age pottery in modern mines and the casting moulds and other evidence for metal processing at the site itself. Less well known is a potter’s workshop. Here the catastrophic abandonment of the workshop, its installations and artefacts (including some four dozen jugs from the last kiln load) provides an insight into aspects of craft practices shortly after 2,000 BCE.

Περιεχόμενα

Table of Contents [ν]
List of Tables [ix]
List of Figures [xi]
Acknowledgements [xix]

1. Introduction [1]

1.1. The location and nature of the site [1]
1.2. History of excavation [5]
1.3. History of publication [7]
1.4. Chronology [9]

2. George Constantinou & Ioannis Panayides, The mining geology of Cyprus with special reference to Ambelikou Aletri [11]

2.1. Overview of the geology of Cyprus [11]
2.2. The genesis of Cyprus [13]
2.3. Metallogenesis associated with the Troodos Ophiolite Complex [15]
2.4. The geology of the Ambelikou area [19]
2.5. Sulphide mineralisation at Ambelikou [22]

3. Ancient mining, initial soundings and trial trenches [25]

3.1. The evidence for ancient mining at Aletri [25]
3.2. Initial soundings, March 1942 [28]
3.3. Trial Trenches A-K [29]
3.4. The cemetery at Theotokos [32]

4. Area 1 [33]

4.1. Excavations [33]
4.2. Construction [34]
4.3. Sequence and stratigraphy [40]
4.4. Individuals units [41]

5. Area 2 [53]

5.1. Excavations [53]
5.2. Construction [55]
5.3. Sequence and stratigraphy [60]
5.4. Individual units [62]

6. The Pottery [73]

6.1. The assemblage [73]
6.2. Area 1 [74]
6.3. Area 2 [74]
6.4. Red Polished ware [75]
6.5. Red Polished Coarse ware [94]
6.6. Drab Polished ware [95]
6.7. Black Polished ware [98]
6.8. Coarse ware [98]
6.9. Catalogue [98]

7. The ground stone assemblage [133]

7.1. Introduction [133]
7.2. Area 1 [135]
7.3. Area 2 [136]
7.4. The assemblage [138]
7.5. Discussion [150]
7.6. Catalogue [151]

8. The small finds [169]

8.1. Picrolite [169]
8.2. Clay and terracotta [170]
8.3. Copper [182]
8.4. Bone [182]
8.5. Shell [182]
8.6. Ore, flux and slag [183]
8.7. Mudbricks [184]

9. pXRF analysis of pottery [189]

9.1. Introduction [189]
9.2. Analytical techniques [189]
9.3 Analysis [190]
9.4. Assessing production and interaction [194]

10. Myrto Georgakopoulou & Thilo Rehren, Report on the analyses of metallurgical samples from Ambelikou Aletri [197]

10.1. The material [197]
10.2. Results and discussion [197]
10.3. Conclusion [199]

11. Ambelikou Aletri in context [201]

11.1. Landscape and resources [201]
11.2. The evidence for a metallurgical industry [206]
11.3. Pottery production at Ambelikou [213]
11.4. Ambelikou’s regional and extra-regional relationships [219]
11.5. The nature of the site [221]
11.6. The wider organisational context [223]
11.7. The end of Ambelikou Aletri [225]
11.8. Conclusion [225]

Bibliography [227]