LEADER 03155oam 2200421 450 001 9910819299903321 005 20210416202148.0 010 $a1-78925-022-6 010 $a1-78925-020-X 035 $a(CKB)4100000009038003 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6384883 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009038003 100 $a20210416d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aFigurine makers of prehistoric Cyprus $esettlement and cemeteries at Souskiou /$fedited by Edgar Peltenburg, Diane Bolger and Lindy Crewe 210 1$aOxford ;$aPhiladelphia :$cOxbow Books,$d[2019] 210 4$d©2019 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 364 pages, 124 pages of plates) $cillustrations 311 $a1-78925-019-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 337-353). 330 $a"The Chalcolithic period in Cyprus has been known since Porphyrios Dikaios' excavations at Erimi in the 1930s and through the appearance in the antiquities market of illicitly acquired anthropomorphic cruciform figures, often manufactured from picrolite, a soft blue-green stone. The excavations of the settlement and cemetery at Souskiou Laona reported on in this volume paint a very different picture of life on the island during the late 4th and early 3rd millennia BC. Burial practices at other known sites are generally single inhumations in intramural pit graves, only rarely equipped with artefacts. At Souskiou, multiple inhumations were interred in deep rock-cut tombs clustered in extra-mural cemeteries. Although the sites were also subjected to extensive looting, excavations have revealed complex multi-stage burial practices with arrangements of disarticulated and articulated burials accompanied by a rich variety of grave goods. Chief among these are a multitude of cruciform figurines and pendants. This unusual treatment of the dead, which has not been recorded elsewhere in Cyprus, shifts the focus from the individual to the communal, and provides evidence for significant changes involving kinship group links to common ancestors. Excavations at the Laona settlement have furnished evidence suggesting that it functioned as a specialised centre for the procurement and manufacture of picrolite during its early phase. The subsequent decline of picrolite production and the earliest known occurrence of new types of ornaments, such as faience beads and copper spiral pendants, attest to important changes involving the transformation of personal and social identities during the first centuries of the 3rd millennium BC, a topic that forms a central theme of this final report on the site"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aFigurines, Prehistoric$zCyprus 615 0$aFigurines, Prehistoric 676 $a709.01 702 $aPeltenburg$b E. J. 702 $aBolger$b Diane$f1954- 702 $aCrewe$b Lindy 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819299903321 996 $aFigurine makers of prehistoric Cyprus$93979500 997 $aUNINA