SurveyDepartment of Antiquities
Paphos district (Lemba, Kissonerga, Souskiou): Department exploration survey
1975–1976 · Lemba-Lakkous
Also known as Souskiou: Department survey of the Chalcolithic sites
The Department of Antiquities' 1975 exploration in the Paphos district, which added more than 90 sites to the catalogue, among them Lemba-Lakkous and Kissonerga-Myloudhia.
Map of Cyprus
Where the work took place
- Main site
- Also worked at
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Sites
- 1Lemba-Lakkous
- 2Souskiou (approx.)
- 3Kissonerga-Mosphilia
- 4Kissonerga-Mylouthkia (approx.)
- 5Souskiou-Laona (approx.)
The project
In 1975 the Exploration Section of the Department of Antiquities surveyed extensively in the Paphos district, between Khlorakas and Kissonerga and around Souskiou, and added more than 90 sites to the catalogue1. The campaign mapped the sites and studied them systematically; the report adds that some had already been located through accidental finds or clandestine excavations1. The report lists Khloraka-Palloura, Lemba-Lakkous and Kissonerga-Myloudhia among the newly discovered Chalcolithic sites, and names settlements at Kissonerga Varedhia, Psillouthes and Mosphilia1. A 49 cm Red Polished bottle found accidentally in a test trench near Lemba-Lakkous was registered as Paphos Museum 2140; the report tentatively proposes that it came from an Early Cypriot cemetery nearby1. At the Neolithic site of Mari-Tenda, excavated earlier by P. Dikaios, rapid surface exploration yielded a flint arrowhead, catalogue number CS 19391.
Directors and team
Directed by
- Sophocles Hadjisavvas1975–1976
Institutions
Seasons
1 season- 1975
Exploration Section surveyed intensively: over 90 new sites added to the catalogue (CS 2272–2363), including Chalcolithic Khlorakas-Palloura, Lemba-Lakkous, Kissonerga-Myloudhia, and settlements at Kissonerga 'Varedhia', 'Psillouthes', 'Mosphilia'. A tall Red Polished bottle found in a trench near Lemba-Lakkous (Paphos Museum 2140); a flint arrowhead from Neolithic Mari-Tenda.
What was found
Features and finds
CS 2272–2363; Paphos Museum 2140; CS 1939.
Publications
1 itemChronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)
Related
Other fieldwork at Lemba-Lakkous · 1
References
- 1.V. Karageorghis, 1976, Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1975, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 100.