Andesite and diabase
Also called diabase, basalt, igneous stone
- Objects
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Stone in Ancient Cyprus › Andesite and diabase
Cypriots worked local chert, igneous rocks, picrolite and limestone from the Neolithic onwards, and imported marble, alabaster and gemstones.
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Objects
14 objects
Andesite mortar or plate
Late Bronze Age II
Andesite pestle
Late Bronze Age II
Basalt mortar
Late Bronze Age II
Basalt mortar
Late Bronze Age II
Basalt mortar or plate
Late Bronze Age II
Basalt mortar or plate
Late Bronze Age II
Basalt Ring Plate
Geometric
Basalt tripod vessel or mortar
Bronze Age
Basalt whetstone or polisher
Bronze Age
Diabase bowl with spout
Neolithic
Gabbro mace head
Early Bronze Age I
Gabbro mace head
Early Bronze Age I
Polished Basalt Macehead
Late Bronze Age I
Vesicular basalt bowl
Late Bronze Age II