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DigsSite Name: Kissonerga-SkaliaCountry: Cyprus
NOTE: This site is 20.552 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Paphos Nearest Village: Kissonerga
Latitude: 34.822682N Longitude: 32.396610E
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Catrinm visited on 7th Mar 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Free access follow brown signs. No charge. Signage does not
cover some of the remarkable finds at kissonerga which are in the Cyprus museum.
Coloured painted bowls with dozens of female figures in and around them. See pics
Kissonerga-Skalia is the site of an ancient settlement dating back to the Early Middle Cypriot Bronze Age (EM-MC ca 2400-1650 BC) located to the north of Paphos near the village of Kissonerga. Recent excavations by a Manchester University/Manchester Museum team have focused on this Kissongera-Skalia site.
Kissonerga-Skalia is considered somewhat unique as it is located within 300 metres of the coast and by copper sources whereas most similar dated sites are found inland and have an agricultural basis. This 12 hectare site has produced finds of large quantities of pot sherds, some including a style known as "Drab Polished Ware" found in small quantities at other sites and thought to originate in the south west of the country. These finds will assist archeaologists to further understand Drab Polished Ware's origins. Other finds have produced beads, pendants, copper fragments, evidence of textile production (spindle whorls and a loom weight), querns, gaming stones, ground stone tools, and evidence of deer, sheep/goat, pig, crab, shellfish, grape and lentil use, as well as large quantities of pottery sherds dating through the EC-MC, Chalcolithic, Late Roman and Byzantine eras. They have also found stone footings for approximately thirty EC-MC era dwellings and 17 metres of a curved wall which may have been a perimeter wall or fortification dated to ca. 1750 BC.
More at: http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/archaeology/research/kissonerga/
Note: More on our page - one of the key finds from Kissonerga - a birthing figure - one of 50 plus anthropomorphic female figures found in and around large brightly painted bowls, estimated date 3000 BC (with thanks to Catrinm for the new photos from Cyprus museum)
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