Rescue excavationDepartment of Antiquities
Pyrgos: Department of Antiquities rescue tombs, 1982–1997
1982–1997 · Pyrgos
Department rescue excavations in the Pyrgos village necropolis: tomb 16 (S. Hadjisavvas, 1982), tombs 17–19 (E. Procopiou, August 1991) and tomb 21 (O. Michael, Limassol Museum, 1993).
Map of Cyprus
Where the work took place
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Site
- 1Pyrgos (approx.)
Directors and team
Directed by
Institutions
Seasons
2 seasons- 1993
Tombs found in rescue excavation yielded much furniture; illustrated: Red Polished III jug (Pyrgos n° 21/49, LM 1575) and teapot (Pyrgos n° 21/23, LM 1575).
- 1997
Ten rock-cut chamber tombs of the Early Bronze Age (T 22–41), mostly ruined, found during water-supply works; a jug from T 35 with plastic scenes of daily life; a Red Polished group from T 42 and T 41. A similar Early Bronze Age rock-cut chamber tomb, added to the group, excavated in the courtyard of a house.
What was found
Features and finds
T 22–41; T 35.16 and 17; T 42; T 41.
Tombs
T 22–41, T 42, T. 16, T. 17–19, T. 21
Publications
2 itemsChronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)
Related
Other fieldwork at Pyrgos · 4
Sources
- 1.Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1993, p. 657.
- 2.Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1997, pp. 666–667.
- 3.Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1982.
- 4.A coppersmith tomb of Early-Middle Bronze Age in Pyrgos (Limassol).
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