Beyond Cyprus: Investigating Cypriot Connections in the Mediterranean from the Late Bronze Age to the end of the Classical Period, edited by Giorgos Bourogiannis, Aura Supplement, 9, Athens, pp. 119-130., 2022
Canaanite jars are well attested in Cyprus between the 13th and 12th centuries, during a period o... more Canaanite jars are well attested in Cyprus between the 13th and 12th centuries, during a period of socio-political and economic transformation and change. An examination of the specimens found at the two key sites of Maa Paleokastro and Pyla Kokkinokremos allows us to define the spread of the different morphological types of coastal Levantine origin. Contrary to what one might expect, the commercial amphora with angular shoulder is less common in Cyprus, where, on the other hand, bellied jars of coastal Syrian origin are found. From an overview of the Canaanite jars, it would seem reasonable to assume that Cyprus, during the transitional Late Bronze Age (LBA) to Early Iron Age (EIA) period, was part of a trade network involving the island itself, the Syrian coast and the southern Anatolian area.
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placed side by side with that of “identity”; the concept of connectivity; the perspective of glocalism; the idea of a “materialized culture”; and the forms of “cultural exchange”.
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which precisely defines that region’s borders and the limits of its civilization
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known as Phoenician studies, are increasingly coming under critical scrutiny
within the human sciences, with their precise origin, meaning and appropriateness
being called into question.
development of commercial and cultural exchanges at the beginning of the First Millennium BC between the eastern and western regions of the Mediterranean and, in particular, between the region we call “Phoenicia” and Sardinia. We will discuss the case of amphoras as a material testimony to these interactions.
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