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American Journal of Archaeology vol. 57 (2) 1953, p. 106.
RECENT EXCAVATIONS AT ENKOMI BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES OF CYPRUS: PORPHYRIOS DIKAIOS, THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY.
Following an invitation by M. Cl. Schaeffer, leader of the French Mission at Enkomi, the Cyprus Department of Antiquities has carried out excavations since 1948 under the direction of Mr. P. Dikaios, Curator of the Cyprus Museum. Two areas were investigated. In the first, which lies in the central part of the settlement, a large ashlar building was laid bare. In it a unique bronze statue of a male divinity was discovered, together with important evidence regarding the rites performed. The original construction of the building is associated with Myc. III c: I pottery, but earlier remains underlying the original floor have been laid bare carrying the history of this part of the town to Late Cypriote II (sixteenth century B.C.). The evidence, ceramic, architectural, and historical is of the first importance and gives a complete sequence from the sixteenth to the early eleventh century B.C.
The second area adjoins the north sector of the city wall. Here a substantial part of the "cyclopaean" wall was laid bare and a large area adjoining it on the interior was investigated. In this area a "fortress" dating to Late Cypriote II was cleared. It possessed fortification walls extending to the east and west and running parallel with the later cyclopaean wall. It is now evident that earlier fortifications going back to Late Cypriote II were in existence and that the continuous wall called cyclopaean was a later development of the end of the thirteenth century. The evidence in the fortress is therefore important as it throws light on the troubled times of the thirteenth century and gives an authenticated perspective of the history of Enkomi and of Cyprus during this obscure period.
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