Rescue excavationDepartment of Antiquities
Mesoyi: Middle Cypriot tomb rescue
1988 · Mesoyi-Village
A June 1988 rescue excavation by Demetrios Michaelides of a small Middle Cypriot chamber tomb at Mesoyi, with two adult burials and five vessels.
Map of Cyprus
Where the work took place
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Site
- 1Mesoyi-Village (approx.)
The project
In June 1988 Demetrios Michaelides directed a rescue excavation for the Department of Antiquities at Mesoyi, where construction work had uncovered a small Middle Cypriot chamber tomb1. It contained two adult burials and five ceramic vessels, four of them in drab polished ware, together with a terracotta spindle-whorl or bead1.
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Institutions
Seasons
1 season- 1988June 1988
Small MC chamber tomb found in construction: two adult burials, five vessels (four drab polished), a spindle whorl or bead.
Directed by D. Michaelides[1]
What was found
Periods
Publications
1 itemAnnual reports of the Department of Antiquities
Related
Other fieldwork at Mesoyi-Village · 1
References
- 1.Louise Steel, 1997–1998, Archaeology in Cyprus 1987–1997, Archaeological Reports 44.
Sources
- 1.Archaeology in Cyprus 1987–1997, p. 11.
Mentioned in
5 mentionsTomb records · 1
- Mesoyi-Village, Department of Antiquities, unnumbered tomb at Mesoyi, 1988
1988
Chamber tomb, MC
Steel 1997-1998
Sites · 1
- Mesoyi-Village
1988
Steel 1997-1998, p. 11; Steel 1997-1998
- Documents · 1listed under Publications
- People · 1listed under Directors and team
- Institutions · 1listed under Institutions
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