Cypriot Ceramics

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Pub. Date: 1992-06-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Pennsylvania Museum of
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Summary

Prehistoric Cypriot ceramics were widely traded, especially in the late Bronze Age, and constitute an important source of information about international trade and cultural relations in the Bronze and Iron Age eastern Mediterranean. These papers were presented at an international conference held at the University of Pennsylvania Museum in October 1989. Symposium Series II

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Preface
Foreword
Bibliographic Abbreviations
Introductionp. 1
Toward Definition of the Late Chalcolithic in Cyprus: The Monochrome Pottery Debatep. 9
Independent Variables? A Flexible Classification of Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic Potteryp. 21
Early Red Polished Ware and the Origin of the "Philia Culture"p. 29
Reading the Prehistoric Record: A View from the South in the Late Third Millennium B.C.p. 37
Beyond Regionalism: Toward an Islandwide Middle Cypriot Sequencep. 45
New Light on Red Polished Warep. 51
The Classification of Middle Bronze Age Painted Pottery: Wares, Styles...Workshops?p. 59
Problems of Definition of Local and Imported Fabrics of Late Cypriot "Canaanite" Warep. 67
Canaanite Pottery from Hala Sultan Tekke: Traditional Classification and Micro Colour Analysis (MCA)p. 73
Red Lustrous Wheelmade Ware: A Product of Late Bronze Age Cyprusp. 81
A Preliminary Investigation of Systems of Ceramic Production and Distribution in Cyprus During the Late Bronze Agep. 97
Material and Technical Classification of Base Ring Ware: A New Fabric Typologyp. 119
The Pot Calls the Kettle Reddish Brown (5YR 3/4): Distinguishing among Late Cypriot Monochrome Waresp. 131
Handmade Burnished Wares of the Late Bronze Age: Toward a Clearer Classification Systemp. 139
Late Bronze Age Grey Wares in Cyprusp. 151
Cypriot Bronze Age Pottery and the Aegeanp. 169
LC IIC to LC IIIA without Intruders: The Case of Alassa-Pano Mandilarisp. 173
A Terminology for the Matte-Painted, Wheelmade Pottery of Late Cypriot IIC-IIIAp. 181
Cypriot Pottery of Aegean Type in LC II-III: Problems of Classification, Chronology and Interpretationp. 185
Proto-White Painted Pottery: A Classification of the Warep. 199
Regional Classification of Cypriot Terra Cottasp. 207
Techniques of Village Pottery Productionp. 215
Ethnoarchaeological Evidence of Variation in Cypriot Ceramics and Its Implications for the Taxonomy of Ancient Potteryp. 221
The Principles of Cypriot Bronze Age Pottery Classificationp. 237
Ceramic Variability: Measurement and Meaningp. 241
Indexp. 253
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