Connectivity Through Pottery Horizons: Tracing Interactions in Late Chalcolithic Cyprus

This research attempts to investigate the degree of contact between different Late Chalcolithic sites of the island, as well as the possibility of extra-insular interactions at the time, by looking at similarities and differences between red and/or black burnished pottery wares that appear across the island simultaneously. Moreover, the possibility of contacts is being examined, with the inclusion of a Red Black Burnished Ware dataset from Tepecik, Anatolia. Therefore, the main research question is: What can a comparative study of red and/or black burnished wares from various sites across and outside Cyprus tell us about regionalism, connectivity and transfer of craft in the Late Chalcolithic? These research questions are investigated by examining the relevant existing publications as well as available datasets of pottery assemblages. Red and/or black burnished wares from five sites across the island are re-examined, namely: • Red and Black Stroke Burnished Wares (RB/B) from Lemba...Show moreThis research attempts to investigate the degree of contact between different Late Chalcolithic sites of the island, as well as the possibility of extra-insular interactions at the time, by looking at similarities and differences between red and/or black burnished pottery wares that appear across the island simultaneously. Moreover, the possibility of contacts is being examined, with the inclusion of a Red Black Burnished Ware dataset from Tepecik, Anatolia. Therefore, the main research question is: What can a comparative study of red and/or black burnished wares from various sites across and outside Cyprus tell us about regionalism, connectivity and transfer of craft in the Late Chalcolithic? These research questions are investigated by examining the relevant existing publications as well as available datasets of pottery assemblages. Red and/or black burnished wares from five sites across the island are re-examined, namely: • Red and Black Stroke Burnished Wares (RB/B) from Lemba-Lakkous, Kissonerga-Mosphilia and Chlorakas-Palloures along the west coast • Red Lustrous and Red and Black Lustrous Wares (RL and RBL) from Ambelikou-Agios Georghios in the northern part of the island • Fabric A and Fabric E form Politiko-Kokkinorotsos in the central lowlands A comparative study of the aforementioned assemblages is conducted, comparing them in terms of materials, materials, technology (vessel forming and firing, surface treatment and decoration) and vessel shapes. Following the same methodology, an assemblage of Red Black Burnished Ware (RBBW) from Tepecik, Anatolia is incorporated in the dataset and compared with the Cypriot assemblages on the same aspects (materials, technology (vessel forming, surface treatment and decoration) and vessel shapes. However, one needs to keep in mind that the inclusion of an assemblage from Anatolia does not aim to give a definitive answer to the possibility of relations between the pottery traditions in question. It functions merely as a pilot project, to see whether this hypothesis is indeed plausible and worthy of further investigation.Show less

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