Agro-pastoralist colonization of Cyprus in the 10th millennium BP: initial assessments

• Autores: Edgar Peltenburg, Sue Colledge, Paul Croft, Adam Jackson, Carole McCartney, Mary Ann Murray
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 74, Nº 286, 2000, págs. 844-853
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Unexpectedly early evidence for the precocious spread of farming has recently emerged in Cyprus. It is argued that the transmission occurred as a result of migration related to ecosystem stress in the Levant. So strong are the connections of the colonists with the mainland that we suggest the term Cypro-Pre-Pottery Neolithic B to describe what has hitherto been a major lacuna in Cypriot prehistory. Consistent dates from key sites and the evolution of material culture indicate that this Cypro-PPNB sequence represents the hitherto elusive ancestry for the Khirokitian.