Books by Artemis Georgiou
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in S.G. Schmid and W. Kennedy (eds), The Topography of Ancient Idalion and its Territory, Studia Cyprologica Berolinensia 2, 201-221.
with references. Ohnefalsch-Richter had noted the presence of a small necropolis in the vicinity ... more with references. Ohnefalsch-Richter had noted the presence of a small necropolis in the vicinity of Tomb 1. According to him, the tombs were opened before his time, but he could still distinguish LC ("Mycenean") sherds, as well as later ("Graeco-Phoenician") pottery. The necropolis is marked as no. 10 on his map of Idalion in KBH pl. III. We would like to thank Stephan Schmid for kindly providing this information based on his study of Ohnefalsch-Richter's archives at Berlin; cf. the contribution by C. Huguenot in this volume.
Cahiers du Centre D'Etudes Chypriotes, 2023
The transition from the 12th to the 11th c. BC in Cyprus constitutes a watershed, that marks the ... more The transition from the 12th to the 11th c. BC in Cyprus constitutes a watershed, that marks the close of the Late Bronze Age and the inception of the Early Iron Age in conventional Cypriot terminology. This transformative phase remains poorly known and ill defined, not least because of the remarkable dearth of stratified settlement strata exposed to this day on the island. Recent investigations by the French Archaeological Mission at Kition, within the locality of Bamboula, have brought to light a continuous stratigraphic succession of floor layers spanning from the 13th to the 11th c. BC, thus marking an exceptional instance on an island-wide basis. The aim of this contribution is to provide a comprehensive presentation of the stratigraphic, architectural and artefactual remains exposed at Kition-Bamboula that provide crucial new data for the transitional 12th-to-11th c. BC horizon. In particular, through the contextual analysis of well-stratified pottery remains, the study aims to discuss the transformations observed on the island’s ceramic repertoire and especially as regards the impact of the largescale adoption of wheel-made technology for the production of ceramic finewares. The study will also elucidate the extra-insular connections maintained by the cosmopolitan harbour town at Kition, based on the analysis of the plethora of imported commercial jars contained within the settlement’s pertinent levels. Finally, this contribution will discuss a series of idiosyncratic phenomena, such as infant jar-burials and purple-dye production, dating to the settlement’s transitional phases of the 12th and 11th c. BC. Ultimately, our contribution aspires to shed light on the continuities and innovations characterising the Cypriot material culture and the transformative capacities of the island’s communities at the dawn of the Early Iron Age.
Cahiers du Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes, 2023
In the framework of the 27th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), ... more In the framework of the 27th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), organised during the 8th-10th of September 2021, a session was dedicated to the archaeology of Cyprus, titled Social Transformations in Ancient Cyprus (Session 383). The aim of the workshop was to explore social transformations on the island at a diachronic level, with the papers addressing transformations in social structures, economy, ideology, political organisation and the dynamics between human settlement and ecology over the long term. Archaeological testimonies included, among others, changes in settlement patterns, architecture, burial practices and the production and consumption of ceramics, figurines, metal-work, as well as human-environment interactions and intra-and extra-insular exchange networks. The workshop hosted contributions employing traditional methodological approaches and others, integrating innovative and advanced inter-disciplinary methodologies for the study of ancient Cypriot material culture. The current issue represents a selection of the papers presented in this meeting that address new findings, new research directions and innovative approaches to the study of social transformations in Cyprus. The term "social transformations" covers a wide variety of processes and developments, with an equal variety in methodological approaches, as illustrated by some of the work done so far on this topic. 1 In archaeology, it may include discussions of social formation, state formation or the so-called "early complex societies" (as the spin-off of "the emergence of civilisation" and culture-historical narratives of progression), urbanisation, as well as social reproduction. 2 Here, while moving away from a focus on origins and complexity as progression, we maintain a broad understanding of the term and aim to explore transformations in ancient Cypriot society in a multi-scalar perspective, clustered in the four intertwined aspects outlined below. How a society represents itself in its anthropogenic culture and the changes in that anthropogenic culture might flag social transformations, as for example, the well-known transition from circular to rectilinear structures, changes in location and types of tombs, developments in ceramic types, or the dominance of new or adapted species of plants and animals. Significantly, transformations can be detected from the micro to the macro scale, at individual sites, regionally and island-wide. This issue does not attempt to exhaustively cover all social transformations in ancient Cyprus, but rather to present a selection of case studies to illustrate approaches and specific 1
Cahiers du Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes, 2023
The transition from the 12th to the 11th century BC in Cyprus constitutes a critical junction tha... more The transition from the 12th to the 11th century BC in Cyprus constitutes a critical junction that marks the close of the Late Bronze Age and the inception of the Early Iron Age. This transformative phase remains poorly known and ill defined, not least because of the remarkable dearth of stratified settlement strata exposed to this day on the island. Recent investigations by the French Archaeological Mission at Kition, within the locality of Bamboula, situated on the northern part of the modern-day town of Larnaca, have brought to light a continuous stratigraphic succession of floor layers spanning from the 13th to the 11th centuries BC, thus marking an exceptional instance on an island-wide basis. The aim of this contribution is to provide a comprehensive presentation of the stratigraphic, architectural and artefactual remains exposed at Kition-Bamboula that provide crucial new data for the transitional 12th-to-11th century BC horizon. In particular, through the contextual analysis of well-stratified pottery remains, the study aims to discuss the transformations observed on the island’s ceramic repertoire and especially as regards the impact of the endorsement of wheel-made technology for the production of ceramic finewares. The study will also elucidate the extra-insular connections maintained by the cosmopolitan harbour town at Kition, based on the analysis of the plethora of Levantine maritime transport amphorae contained within the settlement’s pertinent levels. Finally, this presentation will discuss a series of idiosyncratic phenomena, such as infant jar-burials and purple-dye production, dating to the settlement’s transitional phases of the 12th and 11th centuries BC. Ultimately, our contribution aspires to shed light on the continuities and changes observed on the Cypriot material culture and the transformative capacities of the island’s communities at the dawn of the Early Iron Age.
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2023
This paper presents the results of the chemical, microscopic and isotopic analysis of an archaeom... more This paper presents the results of the chemical, microscopic and isotopic analysis of an archaeometallurgical assemblage consisting of slag and metal samples from two Cypro-Classical monuments recently located within the urban landscape of the polity of Paphos, and from two slag heaps in the metalliferous region of the Paphos hinterland. The project identified technological changes and innovations, such as the introduction of new types of fluxes and the optimization of the smelting technology. Furthermore, the analysis of slag samples from one of the two monuments, identified as workshop complex on the plateau of the Paphian citadel, revealed the presence of an iron smithy. This pioneering interdisciplinary study paves the way for the development of a comparative archaeo-metallurgical project that will define the fingerprint of the Paphos copper deposits. The study was carried out in the context of the University of Cyprus-Leventis Foundation Project, “From the metalliferous sources to the citadel complex of ancient Paphos: Archaeo-environmental analysis of the mining and the built environment” (acronym MEANING 2017-2019).
Cyprus: An island culture, 2012
The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, 2013
Cahier du Centre d'Études Chypriotes, 2019
La revue Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes (abrégée CCEC) publie des contributions en alleman... more La revue Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes (abrégée CCEC) publie des contributions en allemand, anglais, français, grec, italien, et rend compte d'ouvrages qui lui sont envoyés.
BASOR: Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Studies, 2020
The Cypriot Late Bronze Age (referred to as Late Cypriot and LBA, 1680/1650–1100 b.c.e.) has attr... more The Cypriot Late Bronze Age (referred to as Late Cypriot and LBA, 1680/1650–1100 b.c.e.) has attracted particular attention due to textual and material evidence that suggests engagement with the international maritime trade networks of the eastern Mediterranean. A longstanding scholarly preoccupation with interregional trade has encouraged the development of theoretical models that aim to reconstruct the economy of the island and generally view Late Cypriot coastal sites as gateway communities channeling copper to the eastern Mediterranean. Studies have also highlighted the local and regional significance of these communities and have shed light on their complex economic
networks. In this paper, we use data from coastal Tochni-Lakkia, an actively eroding site located
near two major Late Bronze Age centers (Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios and the Maroni Complex) to add nuance to smaller-scale regional interaction networks along the south-central coast of the island. To do that, we engage evidence from trial excavations and archaeological and geophysical surveys at Tochni-Lakkia in the form of a preliminary report with theoretical approaches that highlight the potential for and role of regional maritime networks and the concept of coastscape.
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 2019
The Cypriot Late Bronze Age (referred to as Late Cypriot and LBA, 1680/1650–1100 b.c.e.) has attr... more The Cypriot Late Bronze Age (referred to as Late Cypriot and LBA, 1680/1650–1100 b.c.e.) has attracted particular attention due to textual and material evidence that suggests engagement with the international maritime trade networks of the eastern Mediterranean. A longstanding scholarly preoccupation with interregional trade has encouraged the development of theoretical models that aim to reconstruct the economy of the island and generally view Late Cypriot coastal sites as gateway communities channeling copper to the eastern Mediterranean. Studies have also highlighted the local and regional significance of these communities and have shed light on their complex economic networks. In this paper, we use data from coastal Tochni-Lakkia, an actively eroding site located near two major Late Bronze Age centers (Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios and the Maroni Complex) to add nuance to smaller-scale regional interaction networks along the south-central coast of the island. To do that, we engage evidence from trial excavations and archaeological and geophysical surveys at Tochni-Lakkia in the form of a preliminary report with theoretical approaches that highlight the potential for and role of regional maritime networks and the concept of coastscape.
BCH Supplément 60. Les Royaumes de Chypre a l'epreuve de l'histoire. Transitions et ruptures de la fin de l’âge du Bronze au début de l’époque hellénistique, 2018
The transition from the Middle to Late Bronze Age in Cyprus coincides with substantial transforma... more The transition from the Middle to Late Bronze Age in Cyprus coincides with substantial transformations in the island's settlement pattern, visible in the abandonment of earlier, primarily inland, villages and the foundation of new settlements by or near the coast. These transformations were, at least partly, instigated by the emergence of a new economic system centred on the procurement and export of copper, integrating Cypriot communities into eastern Mediterranean commercial networks. During the course of the Late Cypriot (LC), most of these coastal settlements evolved into the primary centres of LC polities. Palaepaphos, on the southwest coast, has long been identified as one of the LC centres that flourished during the later second millennium BC; however, the processes that led to the town's foundation and the character of its earliest occupation are poorly understood. This chapter brings together the results of new research in the Paphos region, as well as new studies of previously excavated material, to elucidate the nucleation processes that resulted in the establishment of Palaepaphos and its later florescence as the primary centre in the western region.
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networks. In this paper, we use data from coastal Tochni-Lakkia, an actively eroding site located
near two major Late Bronze Age centers (Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios and the Maroni Complex) to add nuance to smaller-scale regional interaction networks along the south-central coast of the island. To do that, we engage evidence from trial excavations and archaeological and geophysical surveys at Tochni-Lakkia in the form of a preliminary report with theoretical approaches that highlight the potential for and role of regional maritime networks and the concept of coastscape.
networks. In this paper, we use data from coastal Tochni-Lakkia, an actively eroding site located
near two major Late Bronze Age centers (Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios and the Maroni Complex) to add nuance to smaller-scale regional interaction networks along the south-central coast of the island. To do that, we engage evidence from trial excavations and archaeological and geophysical surveys at Tochni-Lakkia in the form of a preliminary report with theoretical approaches that highlight the potential for and role of regional maritime networks and the concept of coastscape.
The Action falls under the Fourth Strategic Objective of the Operational Programme (OP) 'Education and Lifelong Learning’ (EdLL), entitled 'Supporting the Human Capital in order to Promote Research and Innovation' of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) 2007-2013 which is co-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and National Resources.
The website, entitled: Kyprios Character. History, Archaeology & Numismatics of Ancient Cyprus is currently under construction but you can leave your email and receive information as soon as it goes live.
The website will include by July 2015 a complete numismatic bibliography, a numismatic database including at least 1.500 Cypriot coins that were given permissions for online publication, together with more than 50 scientific essays on the history and archaeology of ancient Cyprus, written by external scientific collaborators from around the world.
The website will finally propose news, a calendar of events and links related to the history, archaeology and numismatics of ancient Cyprus.
The “Marks, Marketing, and Markets” workshop seeks to correct this deficit by assembling scholars of the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Eastern Mediterranean who study the intersection of marking practice and long-range trade activity. The aim of the workshop is to illuminate the ways marks were used to negotiate relationships along complex, long-distance trade routes. The workshop recognizes that so-called modern practices like branding, which serve to establish and reinforce bonds of trust between producer, distributor, buyer, and seller, existed in the long-range economies of the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean, as suggested by Andrew Bevan and David Wengrow in Cultures of Commodity Branding. Workshop participants will discuss a range of marking practices, from pre-firing and post-firing marks to the stamping and labeling of traded goods. The marks themselves will also be a focal point of study, especially in their capacity to function as visual signs with mercurial meanings at different steps along the trade route. In organizing a workshop around marks and long-distance exchange, the organizers hope to establish grounds for the further study of the ways marks connected producers, traders, sellers, and buyers across long distances in the ancient world.
The hybrid workshop, to be held in-person at the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus, on 14 – 1 5 March 2024, is organized as part of the ERC-funded ComPAS Starting Grant (GA 947749) which aims, as one among its purviews, to understand the functions of marks on commercial transport vessels from the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Mediterranean. It is hoped that investigating the broader context of marks and trade will contribute to a better understanding of the commercial objects, their marks, and their handlers, in particular, as well as the broader connections between marking practices and trade in the Eastern Mediterranean more generally.
CERAMIC IDENTITIES AND AFFINITIES OF THE REGION OF PAPHOS DURING THE BRONZE AGE
(3rd and 2nd millennia BC)
Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus
Saturday, 19 September 2015
The research programme ARIEL (Archaeological Investigations of the Extra-Urban and Urban Landscape in eastern Mediterranean centres: a case-study at Palaepaphos) announces the organization of an international workshop, entitled “Ceramic identities and affinities of the region of Paphos during the Bronze Age (3rd and 2nd millennia BC)” to be held at the Archaeological Research Unit Lecture Room on Saturday, the 19th of September 2015. The workshop is organized by Dr Artemis Georgiou (scientist in charge of ARIEL) and Professor Maria Iacovou (ARIEL’s coordinator). ARIEL is a Marie Sklodowska Curie Career Integration Grant, hosted by the Archaeological Research Unit (Department of History and Archaeology) of the University of Cyprus. This inter-disciplinary research programme aims to illuminate the development of the polity of Paphos during the Bronze Age, and to identify its urban and extra-urban structure.
The workshop aspires to elucidate the idiosyncratic pottery production of the region of Paphos during the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC in terms of fineware, storage, transport and cooking vessels. The workshop also seeks to define the affinities of the Paphian ceramic industry in relation to the production of neighbouring regions and more distant areas of the island. The ARIEL workshop will host leading scholars and young researchers in the field of Cypriot archaeology. The participants will present original material and innovative, inter-disciplinary research approaches to ceramic studies