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Considering Ceramic Variability on Late Bronze Age Cyprus. A Case-study: the Plain Vessels of Alassa Pano Mandilaris

Boekbijdrage - Hoofdstuk

This paper aims to highlight ceramic variability
observed at the LC IIC-LC IIIA site of Alassa Pano-
Mandilaris. A special focus is on the plain ware vessels
as they are the largest group of ceramics recovered at
the site. Given that the subject of the paper is based
on an ongoing project it was not possible to fit this
evidence in a broader framework of regionalism, for
example by examining material from contemporaneous
sites in the Kouris Valley such as Kourion-Bamboula
and the new excavated sites at Erimi. For present
time a detailed description of the variations
recorded in the plain ware repertory from Alassa
Pano-Mandilaris will be presented. Categorising this
variability is a crucial step towards understanding the
Alassa assemblage within a broader Cypriot framework,
which will form the later stages of my research.
Characterising the fabric variations of the assemblage
it becomes apparent that there are organised patterns
in the technological choices made by the
ancient potter.
Boek: Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean
Series: The Formation of Cyprus in the 2nd Millenium B.C.Studies in Regionalism during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages
Volume: XX
Pagina's: 91-105
Aantal pagina's: 14
ISBN:978-3-7001-6546-0
Jaar van publicatie:2009
Trefwoorden:archaeology,, regionalism, pottery, late bronze age Cyprus