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Early prehistoric settlement in Cyprus : a review and gazetteer of sites, c.6500-3000 B.C. / [by] N. P. Stanley Price.

By: Language: English Series: BAR International Series ; 65. | BAR International Series ; 65.Publication details: Oxford : British Archaeological Reports, 1979.Description: [4], xiv, 174 p. : ill., fold plate , maps ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 0860540677
ISSN:
  • 0143-3067
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN855.C93 S73 1979
Contents:
Chapter I. The Early Holocene geography of Cyprus -- 1. The nature of the evidence -- 2. Geology and regions of Cyprus -- 3. Geomorphology and water supply -- 4. Vegetation -- 5. Summary -- Chapter II. Absolute and relative chronology of sites -- 1. Methods of chronological ordering -- 2. Radiocarbon dating vs. relative ordering -- 3. Dikaios's wares as seriation classes -- 4. Occurrence seriation of excavated sites -- 5. The limitations of frequency seriation : within-site ware changes -- 6. Regional traditions as abasis for frequency seriation -- 7. The seriation of surface collections -- 8. Summary and addendum -- Chapter III. Site distribution : the nature of the sample -- 1. Factors affecting the preservation of sites -- 2. Factors affecting the discovery of sites -- Bias effect of the Cyprus Survey results -- 4. Factors affecting the identification of sites -- Chapter IV. Site distribution : problems of analysis -- 1. Site density : the problem of function -- 2. Site economies : the use of contemporary analogy -- 3. Site locations and geograpy -- 4. Catastrophism and the explanation of change -- 5. Early prehistoric settlement : a review.
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Books Books Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library GN855.C93, S73 1979 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Not For Loan 524

Spine title : Prehistoric Cyprus.

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.--Oxford) originally presented under title : Patterns of settlement in the early prehistory of Cyprus.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-169) and index.

Bibliographical references includes in "Map bibliography" , ( p. 170-171)

Chapter I. The Early Holocene geography of Cyprus -- 1. The nature of the evidence -- 2. Geology and regions of Cyprus -- 3. Geomorphology and water supply -- 4. Vegetation -- 5. Summary -- Chapter II. Absolute and relative chronology of sites -- 1. Methods of chronological ordering -- 2. Radiocarbon dating vs. relative ordering -- 3. Dikaios's wares as seriation classes -- 4. Occurrence seriation of excavated sites -- 5. The limitations of frequency seriation : within-site ware changes -- 6. Regional traditions as abasis for frequency seriation -- 7. The seriation of surface collections -- 8. Summary and addendum -- Chapter III. Site distribution : the nature of the sample -- 1. Factors affecting the preservation of sites -- 2. Factors affecting the discovery of sites -- Bias effect of the Cyprus Survey results -- 4. Factors affecting the identification of sites -- Chapter IV. Site distribution : problems of analysis -- 1. Site density : the problem of function -- 2. Site economies : the use of contemporary analogy -- 3. Site locations and geograpy -- 4. Catastrophism and the explanation of change -- 5. Early prehistoric settlement : a review.

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