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Maroni: rescue of a Bronze Age tomb, 1966

Name: Maroni: rescue of a Bronze Age tomb, 1966
Start: 1966
End: 1966

1966 · Maroni

A Bronze Age tomb found in Maroni village in 1966 and reported by the Department of Antiquities, with Red Polished pottery, as the first indication of a cemetery there.

Map of Cyprus

Where the work took place

Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m

Site

1Maroni

Modern coastline (OpenStreetMap) and relief (Copernicus DEM).

The project

In 1966 a Bronze Age tomb was discovered in the village of Maroni, and the annual report calls it the first indication of a cemetery at the site¹. It held common Red Polished jugs, bowls and incised spindle whorls, and is recorded as C.S. 1567¹. Vassos Karageorghis reported the find in his Chronique des fouilles for 1966¹.

Institutions

Department of Antiquities of CyprusSponsor

Seasons

1 season

1966
Bronze Age tomb with common Red Polished jugs, bowls and incised spindle whorls; first indication of a cemetery at this place.
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What was found

Periods

Publications

1 item

Chronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)

Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1966

Other fieldwork at Maroni · 3

References

1.V. Karageorghis, 1967, Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1966, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 91, livraison 1.

Sources

1.Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1966, p. 26.