Hamma Kenneth, Flanagan James W. (eds.). Chalcolithic Cyprus

The J. Paul Getty Museum / ASOR, 1991. — 179 p.This collection of papers presents the results of a symposium held at the Getty Museum in February 1990. Recent archaeological excavations provide evidence that Cyprus had a great cultural and economic importance during the Bronze Age. The contributors discuss aspects of the Bronze Age as they relate to Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean. Topics include the economy of the period, its basis in the exploitation of metals and stone, Cyprus’s international influence on trade and religion, and evidence of that influence though interpretation of archaeological sites and artifacts.The Vasilikos Valley and the Chalcolithic Period in Cyprus; Ian A. ToddKissonerga-Mosphilia: A Major Chalcolithic Site in Cyprus; Edgar PeltenburgMetals and Metallurgy in the Chalcolithic Period; Noll H. GalMan and Beast in Chalcolithic Cyprus; Paul CroftThe Evolution of the Chalcolithic Painted Style; Diane L. BolgerRock Sources of Ground Stone Tools of the Chalcolithic Period in Cyprus; Carolyn ElliottLocal Exchange in Prehistoric Cyprus: An Initial Assessment of Picrolite; Edgar PeltenburgPicrolite, Its Nature, Provenance, and Possible Distribution Patterns in the Chalcolithic Period of Cyprus; C. XenophontosStone Sculpture in Chalcolithic Cyprus; Lucia V. AgnettiPottery Figurines: The Development of a Coroplastic Art in Chalcolithic Cyprus; Elizabeth GoringA Terracotta Pendant from Kalavassos-Ayious; V. KarageorghisAnatolian Contacts with Chalcolithic Cyprus; Machteld J. Mellink