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7. Strontium isotopes and human mobility in Ceramic Neolithic-Middle Chalcolithic Cyprus (ca. 5200/5000–3000/2800 BC): a pilot study

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Voskos, Ioannis, Vika, Efrossini, and Mantzourani, Eleni

Subjects
Cyprus, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, strontium isotopes, human mobility, osteoarchaeology
Abstract

The present study discusses aspects of human mobility in Ceramic Neolithic (ca. 5200/5000–4000 BC) and Middle Chalcolithic Cyprus (ca. 3500–2800 BC) through the application of strontium isotope analysis. Small-scale intra-island movement in prehistoric Cypriot contexts is usually inferred by the circulation of finished artefacts and raw materials, while several researchers in the past supported large-scale migrations based exclusively on the ostensibly abrupt changes in the material culture. Focusing on the strontium isotopic values of sampled human teeth from sites of the Limassol district, this pilot study attempts to demonstrate the potential of this methodology for the identification of non-local individuals and/or groups. The results provide fresh insights on prehistoric mobility patterns in Cyprus, while also discussing some of the methodological limitations in archaeological contexts., Athens University Review of Archaeology (AURA), Vol 4 (2021)

Published
2021
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9. Constructing 'Traditions': Aspects of Identity Formation in the Southern Ionian Islands during the Late Helladic Period and the Iron Age.

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Voskos, Ioannis

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*INTERMENT, *IDENTITY (Psychology), *GROUP identity, *MEMORY, *ARCHAEOLOGY, *IDEOLOGY
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This paper focuses on the Late Helladic (LH) burial structures and related sacred areas of the southern Ionian Islands and considers how they served as diachronic markers of social space and active agents within the processes of individual and collective identity formation and negotiation. More specifically, it explores a series of examples depicting instances of manipulating memory and the past. I argue that Mycenaean burial monuments played an important part in the configuration of ideological narratives and the construction of traditions aimed either to affirm or to legitimise social status and socio-political hierarchies. Development of tomb and hero cults as interrelated phenomena with strategies of past manipulation are also discussed in detail. The chronological framework covers a broad period between the early LH and the Geometric period, and focuses on the island of Kefalonia, which includes the richest dataset. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019
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