New directions in Cypriot archaeology / edited by Catherine Kearns and Sturt W. Manning.

Edited versions of some of the papers presented at a conference that took place at Cornell University, April 10-12, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : new directions in method and theory / Catherine Kearns and Sturt W. Manning -- Keynote : exploring diversity in Bronze Age Cyprus / David Frankel -- The Middle Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze Age chronology of Cyprus : refinements and reconstructions / Charalambos Paraskeva -- The fabric next door : a comparative study of pottery technology and composition at the Early and Middle Bronze Age settlements of Marki Alonia and Alambra Mouttes / Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou -- Environment and sociopolitical complexity on prehistoric Cyprus : observations, trajectories and sketch / Sturt W. Manning -- Negotiating a new landscape : Middle Bronze Age fortresses as a component of the Cypriot political assemblage / Eilis Monahan and Matthew Spigelman -- Grey economics in Late Bronze Age Cyprus / Georgia M. Andreou -- Tracing the foundation horizon of Palaepaphos : new research on the early history of the Paphos region / Artemis Georgiou -- Alambra : from "a Middle Bronze Age settlement in Cyprus" to a royal district / Anna Satraki -- The archaeology of the north coast of Cyprus : the evidence from Lapithos / Stella Diakou -- Discerning "favorable" climates : science, survey archaeology, and the Cypriot Iron Age / Catherine Kearns.

"Highlights recent contributions especially from a new generation of scholars that use current, interdisciplinary techniques to approach both existing and novel questions about Cypriot prehistory and protohistory"-- Provided by publisher.