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THE EARLIEST PREHISTORY

OF CYPRUS

FROM COLONIZATION TO EXPLOITATION

American Schools of Oriental Research

Archaeological Reports

Gloria London, editor

Number 05

The Earliest Prehistory of Cyprus

From Colonization to Exploitation

Edited by

Stuart Swiny

THE EARLIEST PREHISTORY

OF CYPRUS

FROM COLONIZATION TO EXPLOITATION

Edited by

STUART SWINY

Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute

Monograph Series, Volume 2

American Schools of Oriental Research • Boston, MA

THE EARLIEST PREHISTORY OF CYPRUS

FROM COLONIZATION TO EXPLOITATION

edited by

Stuart Swiny

American Schools of Oriental Research

Billie Jean Collins

ASOR Director of Publications

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The earliest prehistory of Cyprus from colonization to exploitation /

edited by Stuart Swiny.

p. cm. -- (American Schools of Oriental Research archaeological

reports ; no. 05)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-89757-051-0 (alk. paper)

1. Antiquities, Prehistoric--Cyprus. 2. Neolithic period--Cyprus. 3.

Prehistoric peoples--Cyprus. 4. Cyprus--Antiquities. I. Swiny, Stuart.

II. Series.

GN855.C93 E27 2001

939'.37--dc21

2001007622

In memory of Porphyrios Dikaios

father of Cypriot Prehistoric archaeology

and with compliments to Vassos Karageorghis

who saw that it thrived