Research Catalog

Title

The Hellenistic harbour of Amathus : underwater excavations, 1984-1986 / Jean-Yves Empereur, Tony Kozelj ; with Olivier Picard and Manuela Wurch-Kozelj.

Author

Empereur, J.-Y. (Jean-Yves)

Publication

• Athènes : École française d'Athènes, [2017-2018]
• 2017-2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kozelj, Tony
• Picard, Olivier
• Wurch-Kozelj, Manuela

Description

2 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans, charts, facsimiles; 30 cm.

Series Statement

Études chypriotes ; 19-20

Uniform Title

Études chypriotes ; 19-20.

Subject

• Excavations (Archaeology) > Cyprus > Amathus (Extinct city)
• Underwater archaeology > Cyprus > Amathus (Extinct city)
• Amathus (Extinct city)
• Cyprus > Antiquities

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• volume 1. Architecture and history -- volume 2. Artefacts found during excavation.
• Preface and acknowledgements -- A brief history of the excavations -- The three campaigns -- 1984 -- 1985 -- 1986 -- Excavation methods -- Pt. 1. The hellenistic harbour -- 1. The architecture of the Hellenistic harbor -- The West Mole -- The east side, to the north, Sondage 8 -- The exterior of the corner of the West and South Moles, Sondages 5 and 6 -- The South Mole -- Sondages 4 and 7 -- The north side, Sondage A -- The South Mole, south side, the covered channel -- The East Mole and the entrance to the harbour -- Sondages 1, 3, 13, south of the bottleneck entrance -- Sondages 2, 12, 14, East Mole, north side of the harbour entrance channel -- The East Mole, further to the north, Sondages 15, 16, 17 and 18 -- Construction methods. Typology, modules and installation of the harbor blocks; machinery -- Typology of the harbour blocks -- The number of blocks used in the construction of the harbour -- The modules of the blocks -- Placing the blocks : description of the machinery -- 2. The stone quarries of Amathus harbor -- The quarry of Amathus [169] -- The quarry of Vikles -- 3. History of the Hellenistic harbor -- The testimonia -- Fixing the chronology. Historical sources and archaeological evidence -- Amathus harbour, a military installation -- Pt. 2. Post-harbour history -- 4. The archaeological remains -- The beachrock -- The beachrock lines -- The north side of the harbour and the inner basin -- The question of the shipsheds -- Sea level. A later rise -- The wells -- Well No. I -- Well No. 2 -- The sakieh (waterwheel) -- The other wells -- An abundance of wells -- Noria or sakieh : defining the terms -- The wells and the history of the port -- The coins found in Amathus harbour -- Conclusion. Amathus harbour, a remarkable and enigmatic monument -- A remarkable state of preservation -- Looking backwards and forwards. An overview -- Bibliography of the excavations of Amathus harbor.

Call Number

ReCAP 19-64660

ISBN

• 9782869582934
• 9782869583085

OCLC

1038249994

Author

Empereur, J.-Y. (Jean-Yves), author.

Title

The Hellenistic harbour of Amathus : underwater excavations, 1984-1986 / Jean-Yves Empereur, Tony Kozelj ; with Olivier Picard and Manuela Wurch-Kozelj.

Publisher

Athènes : École française d'Athènes, [2017-2018]

Copyright Date

2017-2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Études chypriotes ; 19-20

Études chypriotes ; 19-20.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Kozelj, Tony, author.

Picard, Olivier, contributor.

Wurch-Kozelj, Manuela, contributor.

Research Call Number

ReCAP 19-64660