Krini-Merra: salvage by the northern authorities

In 1988 and 1992 the Turkish Cypriot antiquities authorities carried out salvage excavations at Krini-Merra, in the area occupied by Turkey since the invasion of 1974 and without the permission of the Republic of Cyprus, after reported looting¹. Lâtife Summerer says the short interventions, lasting between 2 and 20 days, were limited to recovering archaeological material and recording data in looted graves¹. The report presents Grave I with a plan, a section drawing and a burial map¹. Summerer says its offerings, including well-preserved clay vessels, a spearhead and a beaded necklace, point to the Early Bronze Age¹. She adds that Müge Şevketoğlu placed the findings in the context of her own survey in her doctoral thesis, and she argues that the evidence remains unconsidered in discussions of Bronze Age cemeteries on the north coast¹.