Pyla-Koutsopetria I: Archaeological Survey of an Ancient Coastal Town - Hardcover

by William Caraher (Author), R. Scott Moore (Author), David K. Pettegrew (Author)

Pyla-Koutsopetria I presents the results of an intensive pedestrian survey documenting the diachronic history of a 100 ha microregion along the southern coast of Cyprus. Located around 10 km from the ancient city of Kition, the ancient coastal settlements of the Koutsopetria mircoregion featured an Iron Age sanctuary, a Classical settlement, a Hellenistic fortification, a Late Roman town, and a Venetian-Ottoman coastal battery situated adjacent to a now infilled, natural harbor on Larnaka Bay. This publication integrates a comprehensive treatment of methods with a discussion of artifact distribution, a thorough catalogue of finds, and a diachronic history to shed light on one of the few undeveloped stretches of the Cypriot coast.

Author Biography

William Caraher is a historian and archaeologist in the Department of History at the University of North Dakota. He specializes in survey archaeology in Greece and Cyprus, the archaeology of the 21st century Bakken oil boom in North Dakota, and punk archaeology worldwide. David Pettegrew is Associate Professor of History at Messiah College. A scholar of the Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean, his interests lie in histories of landscapes. He co-directs the Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project and is involved in research related to the Corinthia, Greece. R. Scott Moore is Professor of History at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on ceramics and trade in the eastern Mediterranean during the Roman and Late Antique periods. He co-directs the Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project and conducts research in Cyprus.