Site details

Myrtou Stephania

PK	C1782
TITLE	Myrtou Stephania
WGS84	35.31988° N, 33.064414° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.31988, 33.064414
LON/LAT	33.064414, 35.31988

DMS

35° 19' 11.568" N

33° 3' 51.8904" E

W3W	corrupts, fuzz, biodiversity
UTM	36 S, 505854.92, 3908519.38
EGSA87	1324907, 3946144

Elevation m	268
Elevation feet	879.3
Region	Cyprus

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Knapp [2013], 382    New cemetery established at Myrtou-Stephania during the protohistoric Bronze Age.
2.    Cem.   Hennessy [1963], 1    'Altogether fourteen tombs, numbered 1-14, were opened at Stephania; ... '
3.    Cem.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 201    'At Myrtou-Stephania (site no. 100), a total of fourteen tombs have been excavated, ... '
4.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 197    With respect to Aegean coarse ware stirrup jars: 'Only in a few cases have these vessels been found in tombs. This was the case in Tomb 2 at Myrtou-Stephania (site no. 100) and in a tomb ... '
5.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 196    'At Myrtou-Stephania (site no. 100) a pictorial krater was also found in a tomb.'
6.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 201    'The few tombs which could be assigned to LC II yielded only a few Mycenaean vessels.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Cypriot III: (1750 BC - 1650 BC)
    a.    Hennessy [1963]: 50, ' ... the cemetery was in use from late in Middle Cypriot III ... '

2. Late Cypriot I: (1650 BC - 1450 BC)
    a.    Hennessy [1963]: 50, ' ... but its main use is during Late Cypriot I.'

3. Late Cypriot IA: (1650 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Hennessy [1963]: 1, ' ... and possibly tombs 5 and 12 ... of Late Cypriot IA, ... '

4. Late Cypriot II: (1450 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 201, 'The few tombs which could be assigned to LC II ... '
    b.    Hennessy [1963]: 50, ' ... until Late Cypriot II; ... '

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Hennessy [1963]: 31, 'I. Mycenaean IIIB Stirrup vase.' In Tomb 12.
    b.    Hennessy [1963]: 5, '4. Mycenaean III B Stirrup vase.' In Tomb 4.

6. Late Cypriot IIIA: (1200 BC - 1100 BC)
    a.    Hennessy [1963]: 50, ' ... at least one burial at the very end of Late Cypriot II or early Late Cypriot IIIA.'

NOTE

1. In Knapp [2013] 382 Myrtou Stephania is referred to as an extra-mural cemetery that continued in use during the 'ProBA (Protohistoric Bronze Age) or MCy III to LCy III (1750/1700 - 1050). See the chronological chart in Knapp on p. 27.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hennessy [1963]: Hennessy, J.B.. Stephania; A Middle and Late Bronze-Age Cemetery in Cyprus. Bernard Quaritch Ltd., New Bond Street, London, ''The Site of Stephania'', pg. 1.

2. Knapp [2013]: Knapp, A. Bernard. The Archaeology of Cyprus; From Earliest Prehistory through the Bronze Age. Cambridge University Press. 2013., '', pg. 382.

3. van Wijngaarden [2002]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy (ca. 1600 - 1200 BC). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and Amsterdam University Press. 2002., 'Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean Pottery', pg. 196. And pp. 197, 201.
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