[...]... Issues 10 1 Migration and Hybridization 10 3 The Anatolian Perspective 10 4 An Alternative Perspective 11 0 Hybridization in the PreBA 11 4 Migration, Hybridization, and Identity 12 9 4 Protohistoric Bronze Age Cyprus (ProBA): A Sociohistorical Approach 13 1 Settlement Trends 13 4 Socio-political Organization 14 4 Seals, Sealings, and Socio-political Organization Socio-political Organization and Identity 15 3 15 8... xiii 15 9 17 2 17 3 18 6 18 6 19 9 2 01 The Case for Cyprus 206 Monumental Structures of the ProBA 211 Special-Purpose Sites and Structures of the ProBA 233 Monumentality, Memory, and Identity 239 Migrations and the Aegean ‘Colonization’ of Cyprus Other Aspects of Material Culture Migration and Hybridization in the ProBA Other Aspects of Material Culture 5 The Earliest Iron Age: LC IIIB 249 259 264 268 2 81 Hybridization... Art Galley, Glasgow 17 Red Polished ware plank Wgurines, Prehistoric Bronze Age 2 (a) Cyprus Museum, Nicosia No 19 63/IV–20 /12 ; (b) Cyprus Musuem, No 19 33/I 17 /1 Vounous?) Courtesy of The Cyprus Museum, Nicosia 18 Late Chalcolithic – Philia phase BA pottery distribution in Karkotis Valley, with location of Phlasou Koutroullis (Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project) 19 Decorated ‘hob’... Cyprus Museum, Nicosia 59 Protohistoric Bronze Age 3 (LC IIIA) statuette of the Ingot God from Enkomi (Cyprus Museum, Nicosia, French Mission 19 63, no 16 .15 ) Courtesy of The Cyprus Museum, Nicosia 60 Early Iron Age Cyprus: sites, (modern) towns, and other areas mentioned in the text Prepared by Luke Sollars 61 Early Iron Age Proto-White Painted stirrup jar from the cemetery of Gastria Alaas (Tomb 19 ,... Snodgrass 19 88; Karageorghis 19 94, 2001c; Iacovou 19 99b), but the actual process involved is now widely debated (e.g Sherratt 19 92, 19 98; Steel 19 98, 20 01; Leriou 2002a, 2002b) Although Cyprus s rich material record might be ‘read’ in all these diverse ways, none of these interpretations fully engages the material evidence with the relevant, contemporary, cuneiform and other documentary records (19 th–8th... (Cherry 19 81: 49; Held 19 89: 66–78; Broodbank 2000) Current evidence from the Mediterranean islands indicates that seasonal exploitation and occupation may have occurred as early as the 11 th millennium bc on Sardinia and the ninth millennium bc on Cyprus (Cherry 19 92a; Hofmeijer and Sondaar 19 92; Simmons 19 99; Broodbank 2006) The physical and biotic diversity of large islands like Sardinia, Cyprus, ... and Iadnana: The Early Iron Age of Cyprus Archaeology, Texts, and Iron Age History 7 Insularity, Connectivity, and Social Identity on Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus 3 41 345 348 The Prehistoric Bronze Age 348 The Protohistoric Bronze Age 357 Early Iron Age Cyprus 368 8 Islanders, Insularity, and Identity in the Mediterranean Island Identities Island Identities: Cyprus and the Mediterranean 373 373... community model of Larnaca Bay sites, showing possible port settlement for Pyla (Dhekelia) (after Stanley Price 19 79: 80, Wg 20) Re-drawn by Luke Sollars 52 Protohistoric Bronze Age 2 (LH IIIA2) krater from Pyla Verghi, Tomb 1, no 36 (Cyprus Museum, Nicosia, inv no CM 19 52/IV 12 /1) Courtesy of The Cyprus Museum, Nicosia 53 Alassa Paleotaverna: sunken rectangular feature in south wing, Building II, with... 19 20 /12 –20 /1) ß The Trustees of The British Museum 57 Haematite cylinder seal from Enkomi, with Aegean-style clad male Wgure holding two lions by the ears, Levantine fashion (Cyprus Museum, French Mission 19 34, Trial Trench 2) Courtesy of The Cyprus Museum, Nicosia List of Illustrations xix 58 Protohistoric Bronze Age 3 (LC IIIA) statuette of the Horned God from Enkomi (Cyprus Museum, Nicosia, no 19 48: 19 0)... Identity in Early Iron Age Cyprus 290 6 Island History and Island Identity on Cyprus Alashiya and Protohistory 298 298 The IdentiWcation of Alashiya with Cyprus 300 Ku-pi-ri-jo/a, A-ra-si-jo, and Cyprus 303 Alashiya Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean 307 Economy and Polity 307 Society and Polity 315 The Political Organization of Cyprus/ Alashiya 324 An Historical Overview of ProBA Cyprus: Texts and Archaeology . plank Wgurines, Prehistoric Bronze Age 2. (a) Cyprus Museum, Nicosia. No. 19 63/IV–20 /12 ; (b) Cyprus Musuem, No. 19 33/I 17 /1 Vounous?). Courtesy of The Cyprus Museum, Nicosia. 18 . Late Chalcolithic. y0 w0 h1" alt="" PREHISTORIC & PROTOHISTORIC CYPRUS This page intentionally left blank Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus Identity, Insularity, and Connectivity A. BERNARD KNAPP 1 3 Great. the PreBA 11 4 Migration, Hybridization, and Identity 12 9 4. Protohistoric Bronze Age Cyprus (ProBA): A Sociohistorical Approach 13 1 Settlement Trends 13 4 Socio-political Organization 14 4 Seals,