Ambelikou-Aletri: Metallurgy and Pottery Production in Middle Bronze Age Cyprus

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Table of Contents [ν] List of Tables [ix] List of Figures [xi] Acknowledgements [xix] 1. Introduction [1] 1.1. The location and nature of the site [1] 1.2. History of excavation [5] 1.3. History of publication [7] 1.4. Chronology [9] 2. George Constantinou & Ioannis Panayides, The mining geology of Cyprus with special reference to Ambelikou Aletri [11] 2.1. Overview of the geology of Cyprus [11] 2.2. The genesis of Cyprus [13] 2.3. Metallogenesis associated with the Troodos Ophiolite Complex [15] 2.4. The geology of the Ambelikou area [19] 2.5. Sulphide mineralisation at Ambelikou [22] 3. Ancient mining, initial soundings and trial trenches [25] 3.1. The evidence for ancient mining at Aletri [25] 3.2. Initial soundings, March 1942 [28] 3.3. Trial Trenches A-K [29] 3.4. The cemetery at Theotokos [32] 4. Area 1 [33] 4.1. Excavations [33] 4.2. Construction [34] 4.3. Sequence and stratigraphy [40] 4.4. Individuals units [41] 5. Area 2 [53] 5.1. Excavations [53] 5.2. Construction [55] 5.3. Sequence and stratigraphy [60] 5.4. Individual units [62] 6. The Pottery [73] 6.1. The assemblage [73] 6.2. Area 1 [74] 6.3. Area 2 [74] 6.4. Red Polished ware [75] 6.5. Red Polished Coarse ware [94] 6.6. Drab Polished ware [95] 6.7. Black Polished ware [98] 6.8. Coarse ware [98] 6.9. Catalogue [98] 7. The ground stone assemblage [133] 7.1. Introduction [133] 7.2. Area 1 [135] 7.3. Area 2 [136] 7.4. The assemblage [138] 7.5. Discussion [150] 7.6. Catalogue [151] 8. The small finds [169] 8.1. Picrolite [169] 8.2. Clay and terracotta [170] 8.3. Copper [182] 8.4. Bone [182] 8.5. Shell [182] 8.6. Ore, flux and slag [183] 8.7. Mudbricks [184] 9. pXRF analysis of pottery [189] 9.1. Introduction [189] 9.2. Analytical techniques [189] 9.3 Analysis [190] 9.4. Assessing production and interaction [194] 10. Myrto Georgakopoulou & Thilo Rehren, Report on the analyses of metallurgical samples from Ambelikou Aletri [197] 10.1. The material [197] 10.2. Results and discussion [197] 10.3. Conclusion [199] 11. Ambelikou Aletri in context [201] 11.1. Landscape and resources [201] 11.2. The evidence for a metallurgical industry [206] 11.3. Pottery production at Ambelikou [213] 11.4. Ambelikou’s regional and extra-regional relationships [219] 11.5. The nature of the site [221] 11.6. The wider organisational context [223] 11.7. The end of Ambelikou Aletri [225] 11.8. Conclusion [225] Bibliography [227]