Rescue excavationDepartment of Antiquities
Palaekythro: Department rescue of a looted tomb (1956)
1956 · Palaekythro
Late Cypriot III pottery recovered in 1956 from a looted tomb in a previously unrecorded cemetery in southern Palaekythro, for the Cyprus Museum.
Map of Cyprus
Where the work took place
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Site
- 1Palaekythro (approx.)
The project
In 1956 the Department of Antiquities recovered pottery from a looted tomb in a previously unrecorded cemetery in the southern part of Palaekythro1. Megaw's annual report describes it as characteristic Late Cypriot III pottery, including Mycenaean IIIB dishes and wheelmade Base-Ring bowls1. The tomb has no number. The pottery was recovered for the Cyprus Museum1.
Institutions
Seasons
1 season- 1956
Looted tomb in a previously unrecorded cemetery gave LC III pottery incl. Mycenaean IIIB dishes and wheelmade Base Ring bowls for the Cyprus Museum.
What was found
Periods
Publications
1 itemAnnual reports of the Department of Antiquities
Related
Other fieldwork at Palaekythro · 1
References
- 1.A. H. S. Megaw, 1956, Archaeology in Cyprus, 1956, Archaeological Reports 3.
Sources
- 1.Archaeology in Cyprus, 1956, pp. 3–4.
Mentioned in
5 mentionsTomb records · 2
- Palaekythro, Department of Antiquities Tomb 1
1956
Åström & Åström 1972
- Palaekythro, Department of Antiquities Tomb 2
1956
Åström 1966
Sites · 1
- Palaekythro
1956
Megaw 1956, pp. 3–4
- Documents · 1listed under Publications
- Institutions · 1listed under Institutions
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