Chapter · 2004
Recording Cyprus's mining history through archaeological survey
In Archaeological Field Survey in Cyprus: Past History, Future Potentials, 95-104. British School at Athens
Excavations it is cited for
3 projects- 1988–1999Ayia Varvara-Almyras: the Swiss missionDirected by Walter FasnachtExcavation
- 1992–1997Sydney Cyprus Survey Project (Politiko and Mitsero foothills)Directed by A. Bernard Knapp and M. GivenSurvey
- 1997–2000Politiko-Phorades: excavation of the Late Cypriot smelting workshopDirected by A. Bernard Knapp and Vasiliki KassianidouExcavation
Who did what
4 recordsExcavation 3
- p. 96
Vassiliki KassianidouWorked withSydney Cyprus Survey Project
Kassianidou participated in the Sydney Cyprus Survey Project both as a field team leader and in recording ancient mining remains.
archaeometallurgical sites and findsMitsero-Politiko area, Cyprus
- p. 96
Walter FasnachtExcavated
Walter Fasnacht and his team excavated an Archaic to Hellenistic smelting workshop at Ayia Varvara-Almyras.
- p. 99
Vassiliki KassianidouExcavated
The author states that 'we' found, recorded and eventually excavated the Late Bronze Age primary smelting site at Politiko-Phorades.
primary smelting site of the Late Bronze Age, with slags, furnace fragments and tuyères
Recording and study 1
- p. 95
Frank L. KouckyStudied
Koucky took samples from all the main slag heaps and tried to create a classification of slag types.
samples from all the main slag heaps, including those in the SCSP areaslag heaps of Cyprus
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