‼️Palloures research project‼️Lidwien is a student at the University of Leiden, and former Palloures team member, writing her BA thesis on perforated sherds found at Chlorakas-Palloures. We asked her to share some of her research and see what experiments she has been working on so far."Here's sherd L1176 (third photo) from trench BX13, excavated in 2017, but recovered from the depot to claim some more attention. Over the years at Palloures, we've excavated some 30 ceramic sherds with partial or complete holes drilled into them, and their edges have been flaked to form a roundish shape - Chaclolithic recycling at its finest, but for what purpose??? In the material Culture Lab in at the Faculty of Archaeology in Leiden, I am trying to unravel the puzzle by investigating microscopic wear traces on the sherds, to understand their production methods and actual use. I have investigated the archaeological sherds using the stereomicroscope, and am now testing how these traces could form by perforating experimental sherds from Palloures!" - Lidwien#archaeology #cyprus #palloures #pallouresexcavation #pallouresteam #cyprusarchaeology #chalcolithic #excavation #dig #prehistory #prehistoric #prehistoricarchaeology #prehistoricarchitecture #pottery #groundstones #friendsofpalloures #leidenarchaeology ... See MoreSee Less
Another look at Palloures from last season! The first photo shows the opening of trench BA21 on the first day of fieldwork, June 25th 2023. While the second photo shows the same view of the trench on one of the closing days of the season, July 30th 2023.Tremendous work from such amazing team members! We look forward to sharing more progress in our upcoming season ⛏️ #archaeology #cyprus #palloures #pallouresexcavation #pallouresteam #cyprusarchaeology #chalcolithic #excavation #dig #prehistory #prehistoric #prehistoricarchaeology #prehistoricarchitecture #pottery #groundstones #friendsofpalloures #leidenarchaeology ... See MoreSee Less
The 2024 Dusane symposium is just around the corner! Hosted in Leiden and organized by students from the Faculty of Archaeology - Universiteit Leiden. This year's symposium includes many great speakers including two of our project directors Prof. Bleda Düring and Maria Hadjigavriel. Fans of prehistoric Cyprus should look forward to Maria's talk which will be centred around her research on Cypriot pottery!🏺🔬 We wish everyone who can attend a pleasant symposium, and good luck to those presenting. ... See MoreSee Less
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