Geoarchaeology of Terraces and Building XVI at Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios, Cyprus: Evidence for Site Formation and Settlement Activity

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This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Geoarchaeological research conducted in 2019-2020 as part of the Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments (KAMBE) project focused on collecting multiscalar and high-resolution geoarchaeological data from the Late Bronze Age city of Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios in south-central Cyprus. The aim of the geoarchaeological project is to determine the uses of space in and around the city’s structures and activity areas as well as to connect site formation processes with social activities and environmental transformations occurring in the surrounding landscape. This paper discusses the results from two key aspects of this geoarchaeological research: (1) the investigation and coring of field terrace systems surrounding the site, and (2) the thin section micromorphological analyses of floor context samples from Building XVI. The results demonstrate how multiscalar, high-resolution geoarchaeological and environmental data, examined in conjunction with archaeological contexts revealed by ongoing and previous excavations, can contribute to understanding the structure and transformation of this major urban centre in its broader socio-environmental landscape.

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• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 32569