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Archaeology in Cyprus, 1952

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

A. H. S. Megaw
A. H. S. Megaw
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Nicosia
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In a second campaign at Sotíra P. Dikaios, working for the Kourion expedition, has carried forward the excavation of the hill-top Neolithic settlement. In several of the houses the original floors were uncovered; they yielded pottery of the same types as were found on the two floors above (combed, red lustrous, and red-on-white). In most of the rectangular houses a line of three post holes was found, one in the centre and the others against the shorter walls, indicating a central roof-beam along the long axis. On the northern edge of the plateau a great mass of stone intersected by rough walls was uncovered; it seems best explained as the result of stacking the stone cleared from the site after the destruction of the settlement at the stage of the second floor, when the site was cleared and the houses rebuilt for the last time. A preliminary report on the 1951 season has appeared.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 73 , November 1953 , pp. 133 - 137
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Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 1953

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References

1 Thanks are due to all those named in this report for kindly communicating information concerning their excavations and research, and to the Koúklia and Kourion expeditions for photographs.

2 Pennsylvania Univ. Mus. Bull. 17 (1952), No. 1, 49 f.

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14 So Professor Gordon Childe informs me. This little bronze was included in a gift to the Cyprus Museum by Mrs. D. Shepeleff and its provenance is unknown.

15 Preliminary reports on the 1951 excavations have appeared in Liverpool Bulletin, 2, 29 f. and 155 f.

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