Anatolian Contacts with Chalcolithic Cyprus
Occasional contacts between Cyprus and the nearest stretch of Anatolian coast are attested as early as the Aceramic Neolithic period when a small amount of Anatolian obsidian reached Cyprus. In general, Cyprus followed an independent course in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic era, but contacts with An...
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| Language: | English |
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The University of Chicago Press
1991
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 1991, Volume: 282/283, Pages: 167-175 |
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| Summary: | Occasional contacts between Cyprus and the nearest stretch of Anatolian coast are attested as early as the Aceramic Neolithic period when a small amount of Anatolian obsidian reached Cyprus. In general, Cyprus followed an independent course in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic era, but contacts with Anatolia become noticeable in Cypriot Late Chalcolithic, when two classes of Cypriot pottery appear in Tarsus during the Early Bronze II: 3-6 period of Cilicia, ca. 2600-2500 b. c. On Cyprus, Anatolian influence suddenly became apparent in the Philia period, transitional from Late Chalcolithic to Early Cypriot. Types of pottery, spindle whorls, metal tools, and weapons, as well as some jewelry, compare well with counterparts in Tarsus of the final stage of Early Bronze II. The moving force behind the newly strengthened contact probably was the Anatolian-Cilician interest in the copper deposits of Cyprus, which at that stage may have begun to be exploited systematically with Anatolian advice. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1357270 |