Ayios Phokas, Ayios Iakovos, Kition and AmathusAlfred Westholm

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… all these sherds? Huge pithoi of unfired clay? Pottery or baking kilns? Offering places or tombs? Is the site as a whole a cult-place or not? The sun goes down without clarity having been gained in these obscure matters, and with wonder and questioning, with hearts pounding, the walk home to Mandres and its strong priest begins .

The vourna in Λ1 is cleared out in its entirety. In the part Κ1 is found at a depth of 3,05

and at the bottom of the vournas (depth 3,18) among the charcoal

This head from the Classical period should date the vournas better than anything else. On closer investigation the vournas are found to have been dug down into the earth and pottery layers already present, the traces of the pick are quite clear. The hardness of the inner wall has simply arisen through burning on the base. The same observation is made in βούρναν in Ι9, where however no collar layer is found. In Ι7-βούρναν is found at a depth … continues