Description
Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on the history and culture of Cyprus. Ranging from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic to ethnoarchaeology in the recent past, it covers archaeological landscapes, material culture and regional interaction. The collection is dedicated to Stuart Swiny, former director of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction (Zuzana Chovanec and Walter Crist)
Chronology of Ancient Cyprus
Chronology of the Levant
Geographic locations in Cyprus
Geographic locations in the wider region
I. The Life and Legacy of Stuart Swiny
Chapter 1 Stuart Swiny and the Road to Cyprus: A Personal History
Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Zuzana Chovanec
Chapter 2 The House of the Dancing Bird: Stuart Swiny and CAARI
Thomas W. Davis
Chapter 3 Thinking Outside the Hippo: A Personal Tribute to Stuart Swiny
Alan H. Simmons
II. Human–Environment Interactions in Cyprus
Chapter 4 In the Beginning Was the Record. Stuart Swiny and the History of Field Survey in Cyprus: a Successful Trajectory in Forty Years of Archaeology
Francesca Chelazzi
Chapter 5 Farmers, Herders, Hunters, and/or Craft Producers? Variation in Human Lifeways during the Early Neolithic in Cyprus
Katelyn DiBenedetto
Chapter 6 Human Impact and Climate Change in the Cypriot Bronze Age
Genevieve Holdridge
III. Social Use and Organization of Space
Chapter 7 Making and Breaking Bronze Age Gaming Stones from Cyprus
Walter Crist
Chapter 8 The Coarse Ware Trays and Hearths of Sotira Kaminoudhia and Episkopi Phaneromeni: An Investigation of Construction, Function, and Role in the Bronze Age Household
Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Laura A. Swantek
Chapter 9 Heterotopias and Hospitality: What Happened in Room 103 at Aredhiou?
Louise Steel
IV. Material Culture Studies
Chapter 10 Spinning and Weaving at Kourion in the Late Bronze Age
Joanna Smith
Chapter 11 Where Do You Come From and Who Are Your Relatives? A ‘Bichrome’ Jug in the Ashmolean Museum
Michal Artzy
Chapter 12 A Review of Opium Poppy Studies in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean with New Evidence from Iron Age Cyprus
Zuzana Chovanec and Pavlos Flourentzos
Chapter 13 The Pot Detective, Pitharia, and Traditional Pottery at CAARI
Gloria London
V. Regional Interactions
Chapter 14 The Pictorial White Painted Handmade Ware I “Bird and Palm Tree” Krater from Enkomi
Celia Bergoffen
Chapter 15 Reflections on Cypriot Trade: The Evidence of Imported Greek Pottery and Early Coinage in the Late Archaic and Classical Periods
Marvin W. Kushnet
Chapter 16 Reflections on Coves, Carobs and a Diachronic Coastal Approach to the Roman Cypriot Maritime Economy
John R. Leonard
VI. Future Directions
Chapter 17 A Dig of a Certain Kind: Stuart and Helena Wylde Swiny and the Past and Future Potential of Sotira Kaminoudhia
Laura A. Swantek and William J. Weir, Jr.
Chapter 18 Prehistoric Archaeology in Cyprus, 1980–Present: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose?
A. Bernard Knapp
Tabula Gratulatoria
Stuart Swiny — Archaeological Fieldwork and Publications
List of Contributors
Index
