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- The Rural Landscapes of Archaic Cyprus
- The Rural Landscapes of Archaic Cyprus
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I On Environs
- Part II On the Rural
- 4 Pulses in an Electromagnetic Field
- 5 Beyond Amathus
- 6 Gypsum, Copper, Soil
- 7 Conclusions
- Appendix List of Survey Sites in the Vasilikos and Maroni Valleys
- Notes
- References
- Index
5 - Beyond Amathus
South-Central Cyprus in Context
from Part II - On the Rural
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 February 2023
- The Rural Landscapes of Archaic Cyprus
- The Rural Landscapes of Archaic Cyprus
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I On Environs
- Part II On the Rural
- 4 Pulses in an Electromagnetic Field
- 5 Beyond Amathus
- 6 Gypsum, Copper, Soil
- 7 Conclusions
- Appendix List of Survey Sites in the Vasilikos and Maroni Valleys
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, Kearns traces the novel politics and communities developing in the neighboring Vasilikos and Maroni river valleys, to the east of the town of Amathus. Their commonly described position as a marginal hinterland provides an opportunity to explore rural dynamics at multiple registers. Survey data and rescue excavations form an evidentiary dataset with which to interrogate the generative ties between clusters of settlements and Amathus that produced unruliness across variable and interconnected scales. One critical theme is continuity and impermanence, and the differentiated patterns of access, appropriation, and management taken up by groups returning to sites of prehistoric and protohistoric occupation. Another is social stratification, which entails the development of local autonomous figures, potential community leaders, or members with elevated status. These actors advanced special relationships with Amathusian authorities and local groups through the construction of gathering places such as cemeteries and shrines. The chapter situates these dynamics in habitation, non-quotidian activity, and land use within a framework of a small near-shore world entangling rural sites with maritime economies.
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- The Rural Landscapes of Archaic CyprusAn Archaeology of Environmental and Social Change, pp. 154 - 203Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022