Abandonment processes at Middle Bronze Age Erimi: a multi-scalar approach

Amadio, Marialucia; Bombardieri, Luca

doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.29

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“…The cause of the fire in R101 is not known, but the presence of the partial pithos seemingly thrown into the room is somewhat curious. Similar practices have been documented at Middle Cypriot Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou, where material culture was collected in selected spaces and then burnt (Amadio and Bombardieri 2019), and it has been argued that an even longer tradition can be traced back to at least the Chalcolithic (Düring 2023). The deposition of the two vessels placed against each other with an intact needle inside on top of the collapse, also indicates deliberate action associated with the abandonment of this part of the site.…”

Section: Collapse and Abandonmentmentioning

confidence: 62%

Excavations at the Late Bronze Age site of Erimi-Pitharka, Cyprus (2022-2023 seasons): Regional production and storage in the Kouris Valley

Recht,

Zeman-Wiśniewska,

Mazzotta

2024

Internet Archaeol.

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The rural site of Erimi-Pitharka is located in the archaeologically rich Kouris Valley of south-central Cyprus. Previous rescue excavations by the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, have revealed a subterranean complex, industrial areas, and a building complex at the highest topographical point of the site. New excavations by an international team began in 2022 and continued in 2023. We here report on the findings from these first two seasons, which have focused on the large building complex in Area I/1A. Dated to LC IIC-IIIA (c. 1300-1150 BCE), this part of the site is characterised by an emphasis on agricultural production and storage. The inhabitants took advantage of the soft limestone-rich bedrock to create subterranean and semi-subterranean installations, rooms and storage spaces, and pithoi were similarly used for storage and industrial activities. Pitharka was peacefully abandoned, and much of the material culture was removed in the process.

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Section: Collapse and Abandonmentmentioning

confidence: 62%

Excavations at the Late Bronze Age site of Erimi-Pitharka, Cyprus (2022-2023 seasons): Regional production and storage in the Kouris Valley

Recht,

Zeman-Wiśniewska,

Mazzotta

2024

Internet Archaeol.

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“…3). Since the destruction sequences in these structures are characterized by a totally different depositional history from those of naturally degraded buildings of the workshop complex and of the residential areas (Amadio, Bombardieri 2019;Amadio et al in press), interdisciplinary scientific analyses have been applied to the examination of these contexts in order to provide multi-scalar and networked data to analyse and reconstruct the destruction dynamics.…”

Section: A Case For Destruction At Middle Bronze Age Erimi: Ongoing Analyses and Interpretationsmentioning

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Bombardieri

Amadio

2021

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Destruction processes are considered ‘time capsules of material culture’ (Driessen 2013) as they freeze a site at one moment of its history providing key evidence for interpreting the archaeological record and reconstructing social, political, cultural and ideological circumstances. By focusing on selected case-studies, this paper aims at briefly discussing existing evidence of destruction events in Bronze Age contexts in Cyprus, and at a preliminary presentation of new research data resulting from ongoing interdisciplinary analyses at Middle Bronze Age Erimi.

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Tracing post-depositional processes and preservation of architectural materials and deposits in the semi-arid environment of southern Cyprus: A micromorphological approach

Amadio

2019

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Abandonment processes at Middle Bronze Age Erimi: a multi-scalar approach

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Cited by 7 publications

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Excavations at the Late Bronze Age site of Erimi-Pitharka, Cyprus (2022-2023 seasons): Regional production and storage in the Kouris Valley

Excavations at the Late Bronze Age site of Erimi-Pitharka, Cyprus (2022-2023 seasons): Regional production and storage in the Kouris Valley

Appetite for Destruction

Tracing post-depositional processes and preservation of architectural materials and deposits in the semi-arid environment of southern Cyprus: A micromorphological approach

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