Reconstructing the history of Kition: new evidence from recent excavations

Abstract

Adapted from the keynote lecture delivered on the occasion of the 18th PoCA conference in Basel, the article concentrates on three archaeological assemblages from recent excavations of the French Mission at Kition (Larnaka). Each assemblage corresponds to a transitional period: an infant jar burial illustrates the Late Bronze-Early Iron Age period; a fortification wall the late Classical-early Hellenistic period; a well with a water-lifting device the late Roman period. The three case studies give the opportunity to question the complex urban history of the city.