The River as an Economic Asset: Settlement and Society in the Xeros Valley in Cyprus

Giorgos Papantoniou and Athanasios K. Vionis
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Giorgos Papantoniou: Department of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus
Athanasios K. Vionis: Department of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus

Land, 2018, vol. 7, issue 4, 1-29

Abstract: Settled and Sacred Landscapes of Cyprus (SeSaLaC) is a systematic archaeological survey project of the University of Cyprus in the Xeros River valley in the Larnaka district in Cyprus. This article aims to present a first synthesis of the diachronic settlement pattern in the region. After a short introduction on the area and the SeSaLaC project, we attempt to identify and interpret settlement evolution and landscape changes in the region, from early prehistory to Late Antiquity. The contextualisation and evaluation of settlement changes in the Xeros River valley are carried out within a multi-layered framework along the main strands of approach presented in this Land special issue. The presentation and analysis that follows below is a work in progress.

Keywords: Cyprus; landscape archaeology; surface survey; river valley; settlement organisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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