For Y'all Data - Excavations Of The Academy Of Cyprus At The Citadel Of Ancient Paphos (Kouklia)

The Department of Antiquities of Republic of Cyprus (Ministry of Transport, Communications in addition to Works) announced the completion of the University of Cyprus’ 13th champaign projection at Palaipaphos, nether the management of Professor Maria Iacovou (Department of History in addition to Archaeology, Archaeological Research Unit). The 2018 excavations took house betwixt May in addition to July in addition to concentrated on the plateau (citadel) of Hadjiabdoulla, i kilometer E of the sanctuary of Aphrodite.

Wall excavated on the northern side of the plateau [Credit: Department of Antiquities of Cyprus]

According to the results of the Ancient Paphos landscape analysis project, which has been running since 2006, the Hadjiabdoulla plateau was the administrative-economic centre (i.e. the acropolis) of Ancient Paphos during the Cypro-Classical period.

The Kouklia-Palaipaphos site [Credit: Department of Antiquities of Cyprus]

Along the Northern side of the plateau, the archaeological mission of the University of Republic of Cyprus has identified in addition to is investigating a complex architectural unit, which was constructed at the commencement of the fifth century BC yesteryear the Paphos royal dynasty, inside the context of its economical administration. The unit’s production in addition to storage facilities are located inwards corridors that prepare exterior the acropolis walls. Up to now, 65 metres of the fortification wall conduct hold been revealed, equally good equally vi dissimilar units in addition to communication corridors.

Plan of the excavations [Credit: Department of Antiquities of Cyprus]

The masonry survives at 2 metres inwards height, piece the produce total has helped save the workshop installations, where diverse moveable finds conduct hold been excavated, such equally manufacturing works life stones, basins, olive presses, weights in addition to H2O pipes. H5N1 diversity of palaeo-environment remains conduct hold survived (such as, creature bones, seeds, olive pips, charcoal in addition to slag), which are existence collected in addition to analysed next state-of-the-art methods, thence equally to live able to reconstruct the economical model of the ancient city.

The eastern corridor [Credit: Department
of Antiquities of Cyprus]

In Units iii in addition to four investigations conduct hold confirmed the production of olive oil. Unit 1 mainly served equally a storage area, since large quantities of local in addition to imported amphorae (mainly vino amphorae) were institute inwards this area, reflecting the extent of the merchandise networks maintained yesteryear ancient Paphos inwards the Cypro-Classical stream (end of the sixth century BC) amongst Carthage, Egypt, the coast of modern-day Lebanon, Syria, the Aegean (Thasos, Kos, Mende, Rhodes in addition to Chios) in addition to the coast of Asia Minor (Ephesus, Samos, Miletus), particularly from the fourth to the 2nd century BC.

Unit 2 in addition to the eastern corridor [Credit: Department of Antiquities of Cyprus]

The aim of the 2018 excavations was to consummate investigations inwards Units 2, v in addition to 6, equally good equally of the corridor inwards the east, which communicates amongst these.

Murex shells collected from Unit 2 [Credit: Department of Antiquities of Cyprus]

Large quantities of murex shells were collected from the entire surface expanse of Unit 2. Following analysis of the shells yesteryear specialist Dr Demetra Mylona, it was confirmed that, the extraction of the imperial dye from the shells was conducted inwards nearby areas, which conduct hold non all the same been identified. The shells were in addition to then concentrated inwards Unit 2 for secondary processing in addition to role (e.g. for making hydraulic mortar).

Drainage pipes inwards Unit 5 [Credit: Department of Antiquities of Cyprus]

Units v in addition to vi to the North, are business office of an industrial installation, which is situated betwixt 2 parallel retaining walls, nether which rock pipes conduct hold been excavated, which atomic number 82 to a rock bathtub inwards Unit 6. Due to the lack of macroscopic information from the pipes in addition to the bathtub, it is non all the same for certain what these monumental installations were producing. As a trial of funding from the A.G. Leventis Foundation for the 2017-2018 investigations, sampling was taken for microscopic analysis of starch in addition to phytoliths. The analysis volition live conducted at the Wiener Laboratory of the American School of Classical Studies inwards Athens.

Unit 6 [Credit: Department of Antiquities of Cyprus]

More information on the 2006 to 2018 missions, equally good equally frequent updates onPULP (The Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project)(including the squad members, special scientists, lectures delivered both inwards Republic of Cyprus in addition to abroad, equally good equally publications) tin laissez passer on the axe live institute on the Project’s website https://ucy.ac.cy/pulp/

Source: Department of Antiquities of Republic of Cyprus [August 16, 2018]


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