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Book SynopsisThis research has focused on how successive rural populations in the Malloura valley have adapted to local environmental changes and shifting political tides in the region, and how this adaptation is reflected in the archaeological, historical, and ethnographic record recovered by the project and reported in this volume.
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Table of Contents
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronological Chart
Section I — Background Research
1 Research by Design: An Integrated Approach to Culture Contact in the Malloura Valley (P. N. Kardulias, D. B. Counts, and M. K. Toumazou)
2 Environmental Context of the Athienou Archaeological Project (R. W. Yerkes)
3 The Historical Background: Regional Chronology and Local History (J. M. Gordon, P. N. Kardulias, and M. K. Toumazou)
4 A History of Archaeological Activity in the Athienou Region (D. B. Counts)
5 M apping Malloura: A Carto-Historical Survey from the E arly Modern Period to the Present (D. B. Counts and J. A. Parvis)
Section II — Archaeology in Practice: Excavation and Survey in the Malloura Valley
6 E xcavations at Malloura (1990–2010): Context, Methods, and Results (M. K. Toumazou and D. B. Counts)
7 The Malloura Valley Survey (P. N. Kardulias and R. W. Yerkes)
Section III — The Objects of Archaeology: Daily Life and Ritual in the Malloura Valley
8 Flaked Stone Artifacts from the Malloura Valley Survey and their Cypriot Context (P. N. Kardulias and R. W. Yerkes)
9 Pots for Goods and for the Gods: The Iron Age Ceramics from the Malloura Sanctuary (S. Fourrier)
10 The Ritual Context of the Malloura Terracotta Figurines (E. W. Averett)
11 Local Styles and Regional Trends in Cypriot Limestone Sculpture: The Athienou School (D. B. Counts)
12 Cypriot Pan at the Crossroads in Late Classical and Hellenistic Cyprus: The Evidence from Athienou-Malloura (C. M. Cofer)
13 Writing from Unknown Hands: A Selection of Inscriptions from Athienou-Malloura (E. Cova)
14 Lux Aeterna: The Terracotta Lamps from the Hellenistic and Roman Tombs at Athienou-Magara Tepesi (J. M. Gordon)
15 Athienou Archaeological Project Survey Pottery (R. S. Moore and T. E. Gregory)
16 Textile Production at Athienou-Malloura? The Case for the Processing of Flax in the Venetian Period (M. DeMasi)
17 A groindustrial Installations in the Malloura Valley (M. Spigelman)
Section IV — Bioarchaeology and Physical Remains: New Light from Old Bones
18 Faunal Remains from Athienou (D. S. Reese)
19 Burial Treatment Based on Kinship? The Hellenistic–Roman and Venetian-Period Tombs in the Malloura Valley (N. K. Harper and T. A. Tung)
20 Trade or Trousseau: Skeletal Evidence for Spinning and Weaving in Medieval Athienou-Malloura (N. K. Harper)
Section V — Problem Solving in Archaeology: Methods and Innovations
21 Geophysical Prospection at Malloura (A. Sarris)
22 Viewing the Digital Landscape: The Use of GIS in the Malloura Valley Survey (D. Massey and P. N. Kardulias)
23 Exploring Sacred Space: GIS Applications for Analyzing the Athienou-Malloura Sanctuary (N. G. Blackwell and J. A. Johnson)
24 The Chemistry of Malloura: Adventures in Anthrosol Analysis (R. F. Beeston)
Section VI — The Role of Archaeology: The Past in the Present
25 Site Conservation and Planning at Malloura (M. Breuker and R. Breuker)
26 Viewing the Past through the Present: Ethnoarchaeological Studies of Population and Ancient Agriculture (R. W. Yerkes)
27 A rchaeology and the Structure of Community Relations in Athienou (P. N. Kardulias, M. K. Toumazou, and D. B. Counts)
Conclusion (P. N. Kardulias, D. B. Counts, and M. K. Toumazou)
About the Editors
List of Contributors
Index
