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<< Our Photo Pages >> Vrysi - Ancient Village or Settlement in Cyprus

Submitted by smallblueplanet on Friday, 01 October 2004  Page Views: 8793

Multi-periodSite Name: Vrysi Alternative Name: Ayios Epiktitos Vrysi, Çatalköy
Country: Cyprus Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Girne/Kyrenia  Nearest Village: Acapulco Beach Hotel
Latitude: 35.332407N  Longitude: 33.422333E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Vrysi submitted by smallblueplanet : Vrysi neolithic village walls. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village in Cyprus. Vrysi is a settlement dating to the Neolithic II Period. The Neolithic on Cyprus has two cultural phases, pre-pottery Neolithic I (7000-6000BC) and Neolithic II (4500-3900BC).

The houses were built half-sunk, their walls made of stone and wet clay and roofed with reeds covered with mud and wet clay. The inner walls were also plastered with wet clay. Rush mats were used on the floor. Narrow, covered passages linked the houses.
The people cultivated cereals and herded animals, and buried their dead outside their settlements. Olive and grape remains from Vrysi indicate the colonists introduced specialized horticulture to Cyprus soon after it had originated on the mainland. Their innovation was pottery - Red-on-White at Vrysi. Amongst the finds unearthed were polished stone axes and chisels, and stone idols.
Following the earthquake around the year 3000 B.C. the people of Vrysi abandoned this place.
Easy to find when you know where to look -on the headland, behind the restaurant on the Acapulco Beach Hotel complex. Take the coast road east, about 6km from Girne.


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Vrysi
Vrysi submitted by smallblueplanet : Vrysi neolithic village. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Vrysi submitted by smallblueplanet : Vrysi neolithic village walls. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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