Pyla-Koutsopetria I
Archaeological Survey of an Ancient Coastal Town
by William Caraher, R. Scott Moore and David K. Pettegrew, with contributions by Maria Andrioti, P. Nick Kardulias, Dimitri Nakassis and Brandon Olson
Hardback (Published)
(November 2014)
ISBN: 9780897570695
8.66 x 10.98 inches
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Pyla-Koutsopetria I presents the results of an intensive pedestrian survey documenting the diachronic history of a 100ha microregion along the coast of Cyprus. It featured an Iron Age sanctuary, a Classical settlement, a Hellenistic fortification, a Late Roman town and a Venetian-Ottoman coastal battery situated adjacent to a natural harbour.
Pyla-Koutsopetria I presents the results of an intensive pedestrian survey documenting the diachronic history of a 100 ha microregion along the southern coast of Cyprus. Located around 10 km from the ancient city of Kition, the ancient coastal settlements of the Koutsopetria mircoregion featured an Iron Age sanctuary, a Classical settlement, a Hellenistic fortification, a Late Roman town, and a Venetian-Ottoman coastal battery situated adjacent to a now infilled, natural harbor on Larnaka Bay. This publication integrates a comprehensive treatment of methods with a discussion of artifact distribution, a thorough catalogue of finds, and a diachronic history to shed light on one of the few undeveloped stretches of the Cypriot coast.
William Caraher is a historian and archaeologist in the Department of History at the University of North Dakota. He specializes in survey archaeology in Greece and Cyprus, the archaeology of the 21st century Bakken oil boom in North Dakota, and punk archaeology worldwide. David Pettegrew is Associate Professor of History at Messiah College. A scholar of the Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean, his interests lie in histories of landscapes. He co-directs the Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project and is involved in research related to the Corinthia, Greece. R. Scott Moore is Professor of History at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on ceramics and trade in the eastern Mediterranean during the Roman and Late Antique periods. He co-directs the Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project and conducts research in Cyprus.
- By (author) William Caraher
- By (author) R. Scott Moore
- By (author) David K. Pettegrew
- Contributions by Maria Andrioti
- Contributions by P. Nick Kardulias
- Contributions by Dimitri Nakassis
- Contributions by Brandon Olson
"This volume represents a significant contribution to the published survey data for Cyprus, and the authors' straightforward discussions of the region's material will form a critical and methodologically rigorous reference for those interested in the region or in island-wide trends. [Pyla Koutsopetria Archaeological Project]'s work certainly fills a gap in our understandings of first-millennium CE landscapes for the eastern coastal areas of Cyprus. The in-depth discussions of sampling and grid strategies will also be a great resource for scholars and practitioners of Mediterranean survey more broadly. [...] PKAP places a lesser-known landscape in a prominent position and provides robust material for future investigations." --Catherine Kearns, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2016.02.39 "This volume adds to [the authors'] already impressive engagements with the practice and impact of archaeological surveying (both in print and online), and is vital for anybody interested in diachronic landscapes, the practice of archaeological survey and the presentation of archaeological data. This is easily one of the most important books on survey to have been published in the past five years." --Dan Stewart, University of Leicester, Antiquity, October 2015
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