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Multi-periodSite Name: Tamassos
Country: Cyprus
NOTE: This site is 22.265 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Nicosia  Nearest Village: Politiko
Latitude: 34.976318N  Longitude: 33.253813E
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Cyprus.
An ancient city state with Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic elements. It is mentioned in the Odyssey as an area with copper mines. There are also Middle Bronze Age settlement, 3500-4000 years old, which preceded the city.

Center of the city is thought to lie directly under the modern village of Politiko. Excavations have focused on out lying areas, including fortifications and a cemetery. Note: location is for Politiko village.

Note: Cyprus Digs Reveal First Settlements May Be Older Than Thought.
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Cyprus Digs Reveal First Settlements May Be Older Than Thought by bat400 on Sunday, 27 September 2009
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Submitted by coldrum ---
Archaeologists in Cyprus found evidence that inhabitants of the Mediterranean island may have abandoned a nomadic lifestyle for agriculture-based settlements earlier than previously believed.

The excavations at the Politiko-Troullia site, near the capital Nicosia, unearthed a series of households around a communal courtyard, and proof of intensive animal husbandry and crop-processing, according to a statement today on the Web site of the Cypriot Interior Ministry’s Public Information Office.

The dig revealed copper metallurgy and sophisticated ceramic technology during the middle part of the Bronze Age, or between 4,000 and 3,500 years ago, the statement said. Archaeologists had previously believed that such settlements, which went on to evolve into cities, only began developing toward the end of the middle Bronze Age.

The fieldwork reveals extensive evidence of the Bronze Age community that was the predecessor to the ancient city of Tamassos, founded in the subsequent Iron Age, according to the statement.

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