Chlorakas Palloures
Research into the Middle and Late Chalcolithic of Cyprus
🔎 Did you know that every year archaeologists around the world are hard at work uncovering gift boxes buried in the ground and used for Christmas celebrations? These “Christmas presents” are first recovered in the field, sanitized then processed before being distributed to members of the local community during the holidays! Here are just some photos of our own archaeologists hard at work digging for Christmas presents in recent years… ![]()
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…Just kidding! 😅 While our archaeologists do work hard in the field, Christmas presents are unfortunately not a part of any usual assemblages. That being said the true gifts we uncover are the amazing people that help make our project possible each year, the people of Chlorakas and everyone else who has ever shown their support! On behalf of the Palloures project we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, happy holidays and a happy new year!!! 🎉🥳![]()
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Piecing together the past takes a lot of work. To get an idea for how certain materials can help us understand more about the site we asked one of our team members to talk about the role of pottery processing at Palloures:![]()
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“The pottery team at Palloures records all the pottery fragments found during the excavation: they are divided by fabric composition (maria is the expert!) and by diagnostic characteristics. All rims, bases and decorated fragments are packed and kept safely in crates! Thanks to the information we record, we know what pots were being used to store or to consume goods by the Chalcolithic people in Chlorakas.” - Gulia ![]()
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