Feats of Clay: Considering the Materiality of Late Bronze Age Cyprus
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Late Bronze Age Cyprus
3. Materiality, the New Materialisms and Agency
4. The Matter of Late Bronze Age Cyprus
5. The Vibrant Matter of Clay
6. Animating Clay in Late Bronze Age Cyprus
7. Conclusions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Cultural Phase | Approximate Date BCE (Calibrated) |
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Middle Cypriot III–Late Cypriot I | 1750/1700–1450 |
Late Cypriot IIA–Late Cypriot IIC early | 1450–1300 |
Late Cypriot IIC (late)–Late Cypriot IIIA | 1300–1125/1100 |
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