Potters, weavers and sanctuary dedications. Possible evidence from the Hill of Agios Georgios in the quest for Territorial Boundaries

Pilides, Despo

doi:10.3406/cchyp.2004.1462

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“…The local geology is related to the Mesaoria Plain. Ancient Nicosia, possibly related to the ancient kingdom of Ledra, has been occupied since the Late Chalcolithic period with successive occupation until the end of the Hellenistic period (Hermon et al, 2014; Pilides, 2004). The capital of Cyprus since the 10th c. AD (Papacostas, 2012), the modern city, completely overlies architectural remains assignable to the early Christian period until the 16th c. AD.…”

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Geophysical survey in archaeological context: A review from Cyprus

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Sarris

2022

Archaeological Prospection

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Cyprus, the third largest Mediterranean island, is located at an exceptional crossroad in the eastern Mediterranean, where cultures from the Middle East, Africa and Europe have interacted for more than 10 000 years. The aim of this paper is to present an exhaustive review of the past archaeological geophysical surveys on the island. The result of our research indicates that to date, more than 30 archaeological sites spanning from the Pre‐Pottery Neolithic (ca. 10 000 BC) to the Venetian period (up to 1571 AD) have been investigated through noninvasive ground‐based techniques. The investigations concern the mapping of the extent of ancient occupation (settlements and cemeteries), the study of the internal organization of settlements (domestic architecture, palaces and fortifications), the investigation of funerary structures (tombs) and the use of space within buildings. The methods implemented are multiple and often used in combination. Emphasis has been given to ground penetrating radar (GPR), electromagnetic induction (EMI) and magnetic and electrical resistance techniques. Most surveys have been targeted towards the production of maps representing the spatial distribution of the subsurface architectural residues, and sometimes these have been accompanied by soundings, tomographies, as well as 3D reconstructions of the ancient structures. Very few sites have been subjected to the measurements of the chemical or magnetic properties of the soils in relation to the results of geophysical prospection. Further discussion concerns (i) the targets of the archaeo‐geophysical surveys in Cyprus, (ii) the limitations of the application of the specific techniques in relation to the Cypriot archaeological and geological context, (iii) the geophysical signatures of archaeological remains and (iv) the metadata accompanying the geophysical results.

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Section: Investigation Resultsmentioning

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Geophysical survey in archaeological context: A review from Cyprus

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2022

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“…jim (2012), p. 15, 19-23. 58. mitford (1980PilideS (2004) and(2009), p. 60-61;lejeune (2009), p. 309-310. 59. jim (2012, where no connection with royal cult is suggested.…”

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The Materiality of Hellenistic Ruler Cults

2020

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Voor mijn Belgische vrienden miCHelS (2011) on ruler cults in Pergamon; Pfeiffer (2008) on Ptolemaic Egypt; mittag (2011) on Kommagene; on texts and coins, see e.g. ioSSif (2011) and eriCkSon (2018; 2019). 9.An overview of the current debate in Greek epigraphy, at least in the English-speaking scholarship, reveals a renewed attention for the material aspects of writing and support and for the development of cross-disciplinary methodologies drawing on the toolkits of both philology and archaeology: see the methodological introduction by PetroviC (2019) to PetroviC -PetroviC -tHomaS (2019); among the papers collected there, see in particular mylonoPouloS (2019) on dedicatory texts on Hellenistic sacred buildings and altars. Part of the purpose of the current book is to bridge the gap between this methodological trend and the study of Hellenistic cults for rulers.12. I align myself with an interpretation of 'sacredness' as a socially constructed (and often legally regulated) status by which an object, a place, or a person is considered as an effective instrument of communication with the super-human sphere. For a brief overview of the 20 th -century-debate concerning the understanding of 'sacred' as an inherent (and possibly universal) or sociallyconstructed (and therefore context-related) property of things, see tarot (2009); for a linguistic study based on ancient Greek literary sources, see rudHardt (2008), p. 151-154, with a brief bibliographical update by the editors of the book at p. 154. 13. In this respect, see PeelS (2016) for a linguistic analysis of the semantic domain of hosios, broadening the limits of sacredness in social life beyond the more restricted sphere related to hieros. 14. A fundamental reference in this respect is provided by geertz (1973), which directly influenced the study of Roman emperor worship by PriCe (1980; 1984a; 1984b). For a broader application to ancient polytheisms, see in particular SCHeid (1999) on the case of Roman sacrificial rituals. * Cette étude a beaucoup profité de deux périodes de recherche à Chypre (2016) et à Santorini (2018) dans les cadres d'une bourse Marie Curie Piscopia à l'Université de Padoue et d'un mandat de chargé de recherche du FNRS à l'Université de Liège. Le séjour à Santorini a été cofinancé par une bourse de la European Association of Digital Humanities destinée à soutenir la récolte de données numé riques et géo-référencées pour le projet PHRC. Dans cet article, le sigle PHRC + numéro se réfère aux textes déjà mis en ligne sur la plateforme www.phrc.it au moment de la publication de ce volume. Je tiens à exprimer ma gratitude au Prof. Pavlos Flourentzos du Département des Antiquités de Chypre pour m'avoir permis d'étudier l'autel cylindrique d'Arsinoé trouvé dans la ville basse d'Amathonte. Je désire aussi remercier le Prof. Thomas Cramer de l'Universidad Nacional de Colombia ainsi que le Prof. Felix Pirson et les Dr. Seçil Tezer Altay, Joachim Heiden et Bernhard Ludwig du DAI Istanbul pour avoir discuté avec moi des détails de l'archéologie de Perg...

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