Exploring Aredhiou: New Light on the Rural Communities of the Cypriot Hinterland during the Late Bronze Age

Steel, Louise (2016) Exploring Aredhiou: New Light on the Rural Communities of the Cypriot Hinterland during the Late Bronze Age. American Journal of Archaeology, 120 (4). ISSN 0002-9114

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Abstract

This paper explores social practices and the material world at Aredhiou Vouppes, a Late Bronze Age rural community in the Cypriot hinterland. In-depth analysis of the excavation results demonstrates that this site was more complex than current typologies of inland production centres, based mainly on survey data, would suggest. Instead it was multi-functional and played an important economic role within the wider Cypriot landscape. This paper explores the evidence for initial occupation at Aredhiou during MC III-LC I, but the main focus is on the substantial LC IIC remains. Through a detailed contextual analysis, and the identification of a multiplicity of activities practiced at the site, it examines social practice, gender relations and ritual performance within a small farming community.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Archaeology, Community, habitus, Late Bronze Age Cyprus
Subjects: C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology
D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World
Divisions: Institutes and Academies > Institute of Education and Humanities > Academic Discipline: Humanities and Social Sciences
Depositing User: Louise Steel
Date Deposited: 30 Jun 2016 15:28
Last Modified: 11 Sep 2024 17:00
URI: https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/614

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