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A Bronze Age Cemetery at Lápithos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2013

Extract

As the excavation at Lampousa was coming to its close, news came that tombs of the Bronze Age had been found about a mile further west, in a field bounded by the coast; and leave was at once obtained to examine the site. During most of this excavation, Mr. Leonard Buxton was in charge, and this summary of results is collected from his tomb-plans and field notes, as war-service and other duties thereafter prevented him from preparing a formal report. All the objects from these tombs were sent to the Cyprus Museum, repaired by that skilful veteran, Loizo of Dali, and registered by Mr. Markides.

The same nearly level and fairly recent deposit of sandy limestone and calcareous sand as forms the acropolis at Akheiropoiétos, here forms the foreshore, with a low ragged cliff about 10 feet above sea-level, and a level surface of sandy soil for about a quarter of a mile inland, till it is smothered by sandy hill-wash, full of springs, and mostly planted with olives.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1945

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References

page 80 note 1 Peet, Stone and Bronze Ages in Italy, 187, quoting Colini, , Bull. Paletn. Ital. xxv, xxviii.Google Scholar

page 80 note 2 Peet, I.c. 211; BPIt. xxvii.