The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications in addition to Works announced the completion of the 2018 archaeological mission of the University of Leicester at Akrotiri-Dreamer’s Bay, inwards the Limassol district. The team, nether the administration of Prof. Simon James, consisted of professional person digging staff in addition to undergraduate students of the University of Leicester’s School of Archaeology & Ancient History, assisted past times graduate students from the University of Cyprus. It was conducted amongst the permission of the Republic of Cyprus Department of Antiquities in addition to the Britain Sovereign Base Areas Administration, in addition to amongst the back upwards in addition to assistance of RAF Akrotiri, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, in addition to the Western Sovereign Base Area Archaeological Society. It was generously funded past times the Honor frost Foundation.
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| View of the digging site at Dreamer's Bay [Credit: University of Leicester] |
As inwards 2015, 2016 in addition to 2017, digging focused on remains of stone buildings of apparent Roman/early Byzantine appointment closed to the shoreline, partly exposed past times marine erosion. This year’s digging was supplemented past times geophysical survey (conducted inwards Jan when vegetation in addition to soil weather were almost favourable) to explore the extent of the withal role buried ancient buildings, in addition to surface geological in addition to archaeological survey of ancient cliff-top quarries to the east. All the archaeological remains on reason are patch linked to an ancient harbour inwards the bay below. Taken together, these remains appear to stand upwards for i of the best preserved ancient port sites inwards the Mediterranean.
Some years ago, the buildings, spread along c.0.5km of relatively depression shoreline—the entirely depression basis on an otherwise cliff-bound coast—underwent initial investigations past times the University of Buffalo, in addition to were believed to comprise elements of a piece of cake Roman/early Byzantine (4th -7 th century AD) port facility, maybe serving the major Graeco-Roman urban inwardness of Kourion c.13km to the north. Connections betwixt these onshore structures in addition to submerged archaeological remains inwards the bay to the east, including a masonry breakwater, stay to survive investigated.
The introduce programme of operate is conducted past times the University of Leicester-led Ancient Akrotiri Project. It is planned to terminal v years in addition to is intended to document in addition to tape the endangered shoreline structures, to found their nature in addition to date, in addition to to characterize in addition to appointment other patch associated ancient remains, including a edifice complex on the colina overlooking the shoreline, the nearby quarries, in addition to the submerged remains. The dry-land fieldwork forms role of a wider collaborative endeavour amongst the University of Southampton working on the marine in addition to geomorphological aspects, in addition to amongst Cypriot colleagues from the Universities of Republic of Cyprus in addition to Athens.
The overall objective is to build upwards a fuller moving painting of the ancient port every bit role of the ancient small town landscape of the Akrotiri peninsula, inwards the context of the southern coast of Republic of Cyprus in addition to eastern Mediterranean seaways.
The shoreline structures had been found to survive to a greater extent than extensive in addition to to a greater extent than complex than the uncomplicated rectangular ‘warehouses’ hitherto presumed. Several are forthwith seen to receive got internal subdivisions, and/or to possess side past times side walled courtyards containing show of action inwards the shape of pits containing burned deposits, maybe indicating industrial processes. The structures besides broadly percentage a mutual orientation, the entire layout giving the impression of a single, short, planned episode of layout in addition to construction.
Provisional assessment of the sealed pottery groups recovered from the shoreline buildings, kindly undertaken past times Dr. Stella Demesticha of the University of Cyprus, indicates that they were constructed far before than hitherto assumed from scatters of ceramics on the surface. They were inwards utilization maybe during the minute century, in addition to surely during the 3rd in addition to quaternary centuries AD, almost appearing to receive got been destroyed past times the earthquake which devastated nearby Kourion or so the 360s.
In 2018 excavations were resumed inwards Area 8 at the western terminate of the known extent of shoreline structures, in addition to inwards Area 4 at the eastern terminate facing the Dreamer's Bay harbour where complex stratigraphy had been initially explored inwards 2015-17. In between, several exam pits were opened to ground-truth geophysical anomalies.
Area 8 revealed the southern terminate of some other long, subdivided edifice amongst a courtyard to its east. Unfortunately, it was eroded to below flooring level, merely ceramics which had washed down-slope were sampled for analysis. To the E of this complex, a test-pit over a geophysical anomaly in addition to other surface indications confirm beingness of some other long, subdivided edifice on an east-west orientation, belike amongst a courtyard on the southward side, forthwith largely lost to the sea.
In expanse 2 midway along the shoreline, farther exam pitting of geophysical anomalies showed that the previously-investigated construction 5 was considerably longer than hitherto realised, patch running for c.50m in addition to patch joining a minute construction making it role of a large complex inwards this area.
In the east, Area 4 comprised a complex designing of walls, trouble levels in addition to burnt deposits. In contrast to other explored structures, Area 4 is forthwith seen to comprise belike iii phases of activity, outset amongst a rock-cut ditch, succeeded past times a stone-founded edifice attested past times truncated foundations, some of which had been robbed out; i resulting trench contained on digging inwards 2017 c.250kg of freshly broken pottery, largely amphorae.
This cloth is provisionally interpreted every bit representing clearance of the site next devastation past times the postulated earthquake which seemingly led to abandonment of the other buildings. However, inwards Area 4, significantly the role of the shoreline complex closest to the harbour, the debris was cleared for rebuilding on the same orientation, merely to a dissimilar layout. The designing of novel wall foundations forthwith seen would hence stand upwards for a post-earthquake phase, belonging to the after quaternary century AD. After abandonment of this after building, surface scatters of ceramics patch shout out for continued utilization of the expanse for induce of goods downwards to c.AD600.
The ancient cliff-top quarries patch associated amongst the port were besides surveyed this year. These exploited marine conglomerates of diverse grades, some cutting every bit squared blocks presumably for constructional purposes, others for millstones. Associated features including buildings in addition to what seems to survive a ceramic-piped H2O channel propose that at to the lowest degree some of this quarrying action is Roman, merely confirmation must await planned digging in addition to if possible scientific dating inwards 2019.
Source: Press in addition to Information Office, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Republic of Cyprus [June 07, 2018]
Sumber http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com
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| Excavations at Dreamer's Bay [Credit: University of Leicester] |
The shoreline structures had been found to survive to a greater extent than extensive in addition to to a greater extent than complex than the uncomplicated rectangular ‘warehouses’ hitherto presumed. Several are forthwith seen to receive got internal subdivisions, and/or to possess side past times side walled courtyards containing show of action inwards the shape of pits containing burned deposits, maybe indicating industrial processes. The structures besides broadly percentage a mutual orientation, the entire layout giving the impression of a single, short, planned episode of layout in addition to construction.
Provisional assessment of the sealed pottery groups recovered from the shoreline buildings, kindly undertaken past times Dr. Stella Demesticha of the University of Cyprus, indicates that they were constructed far before than hitherto assumed from scatters of ceramics on the surface. They were inwards utilization maybe during the minute century, in addition to surely during the 3rd in addition to quaternary centuries AD, almost appearing to receive got been destroyed past times the earthquake which devastated nearby Kourion or so the 360s.
In 2018 excavations were resumed inwards Area 8 at the western terminate of the known extent of shoreline structures, in addition to inwards Area 4 at the eastern terminate facing the Dreamer's Bay harbour where complex stratigraphy had been initially explored inwards 2015-17. In between, several exam pits were opened to ground-truth geophysical anomalies.
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| View of the ancient cliff-top quarries [Credit: University of Leicester] |
In expanse 2 midway along the shoreline, farther exam pitting of geophysical anomalies showed that the previously-investigated construction 5 was considerably longer than hitherto realised, patch running for c.50m in addition to patch joining a minute construction making it role of a large complex inwards this area.
In the east, Area 4 comprised a complex designing of walls, trouble levels in addition to burnt deposits. In contrast to other explored structures, Area 4 is forthwith seen to comprise belike iii phases of activity, outset amongst a rock-cut ditch, succeeded past times a stone-founded edifice attested past times truncated foundations, some of which had been robbed out; i resulting trench contained on digging inwards 2017 c.250kg of freshly broken pottery, largely amphorae.
This cloth is provisionally interpreted every bit representing clearance of the site next devastation past times the postulated earthquake which seemingly led to abandonment of the other buildings. However, inwards Area 4, significantly the role of the shoreline complex closest to the harbour, the debris was cleared for rebuilding on the same orientation, merely to a dissimilar layout. The designing of novel wall foundations forthwith seen would hence stand upwards for a post-earthquake phase, belonging to the after quaternary century AD. After abandonment of this after building, surface scatters of ceramics patch shout out for continued utilization of the expanse for induce of goods downwards to c.AD600.
The ancient cliff-top quarries patch associated amongst the port were besides surveyed this year. These exploited marine conglomerates of diverse grades, some cutting every bit squared blocks presumably for constructional purposes, others for millstones. Associated features including buildings in addition to what seems to survive a ceramic-piped H2O channel propose that at to the lowest degree some of this quarrying action is Roman, merely confirmation must await planned digging in addition to if possible scientific dating inwards 2019.
Source: Press in addition to Information Office, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Republic of Cyprus [June 07, 2018]
Sumber http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com
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