Site details

Kition

PK	C1792
TITLE	Kition
WGS84	34.923318° N, 33.630549° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	34.923318, 33.630549
LON/LAT	33.630549, 34.923318

DMS

34° 55' 23.9448" N

33° 37' 49.9764" E

W3W	feed, blushed, store
UTM	36 S, 557593, 3864721
EGSA87	1380906, 3906875

Elevation m	3
Elevation feet	9.8
Region	Cyprus

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 183    'At Kition (site no. 63) substantial quantities of Mycenaean pottery have also been discovered ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 324, ' ... IIIA2 ... '

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 324, ' ... IIIB ... '

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 324, ' ... IIIC ... '

NOTE

1. The Mycenaean nature of this site is a matter of intense debate. There are valuable remarks in Michael [2005] and in Knapp [2013], specifically 469 ff. "Those who still support the notion of a large-scale Aegean migration to, or colonisation of, Cyprus subscribe to what Dietler (1998: 295-6) termed the 'Hellenization perspective', used to explain the absorption or emulation of Greek/Aegean culture by other, indigenous societies." Beginning at p. 451 Dr. Knapp elaborates the idea that hybridization of cultural forms was the dominant factor in the unique Cypriot civilization that developed in the proto-historic period. These remarks are, I believe, crucial in putting the Cyprus debate in perspective. Angela Stella Michael discusses the inculcation of the idea that Mycenaeans 'hellenized' Cyprus in modern Greek educational curricula and the role it plays in forming attitudes on the origins of Cyprus' unique civilization. See my remarks for C1573 and C1574.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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

2. Michael [2005]: Michael, Angela Stella. Making Histories: Nationalism, Colonialism and the Uses of the Past on Cyprus. Thesis submitted for Ph.D., University of Glasgow. June 2005., '', Online here.

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., '13 The cultural significance of Mycenaean pottery in Cyprus', pg. 183. Online here.