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Pottery in the Landscape: Ceramic Analysis at the City-Kingdom of Idalion, Cyprus
Chronika (2012)
  • Rebecca M Bartusewich, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Abstract

The ancient site of Idalion, Cyprus has a landscape dominated by two acropoleis containing sacred sites. The plain below is the location of domestic occupation. I have petrologically analyzed 45 ceramics from the domestic area and one sacred area and found that while the sacred spaces dominate the landscape, ceramics were not produced/chosen differently for the sacred area over the domestic area. The visual proximity of the sacred and the everyday seems to indicate cohesion in the social and natural landscape. The preliminary petrological analysis of pottery from Idalion has shown, thus far, that the sacred and profane are intertwined.*

Keywords
  • ceramic analysis,
  • petrography,
  • Cyprus,
  • landscape theory,
  • sacred and profane
Publication Date
2012
Publisher Statement

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Citation Information
Rebecca M Bartusewich. "Pottery in the Landscape: Ceramic Analysis at the City-Kingdom of Idalion, Cyprus" Chronika Vol. 2 (2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rebecca_bartusewich/1/