Chlorakas Palloures
Research into the Middle and Late Chalcolithic of Cyprus
On Fridays, the whole team gathers after a busy week and one member from each trench presents their findings. ![]()
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It gives us an opportunity to come together, sharing insights, finds, questions, some answers, and many laughs! ![]()
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I wonder what will be shared in the Trench Talks tomorrow 🤔
Victor, and some of the students, share their theories on why we have burnt buildings in the Chalcolithic 🔥🛖
It was a pleasure to have the Dutch Ambassador to Cyprus visit the excavation.He even worked in one of our trenches!![]()
He’s got quite the knack for excavating: the prehistoric wall he helped uncover is from now on known as Wouter’s Wall…![]()
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Ήταν χαρά μας που ο πρέσβης της Ολλανδίας επισκέφθηκε την ανασκαφή και συμμετείχε για λίγο!![]()
Σίγουρα έχει ταλέντο στις ανασκαφές και ο προϊστορικός τοίχος που ανέσκαψε είναι πλέον γνωστός ως ο Τοίχος του Βάουτερ.![]()
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Het was een genoegen om de ambassadeur op de opgraving te mogen verwelkomen en hem zelfs te laten opgraven in even van onze opgravingputten!![]()
Hij blijkt er een behoorlijk talent voor te hebben, de muur die hij uitgeprepareerd heeft staat nu bekend als Wouter’s wall!![]()
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Α few snapshots from our third week in the field! A ton of hard work, lots of dirt and sun, and much more to come…!![]()
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At Palloures we are uncovering a bunch of awesome flint tools! Our specialists reconstruct how these tools were made by studying the flake scars and their negatives. Where the flint is struck, a bulb of percussion forms, and from that point waves of percussion radiate outward. These waves show us the direction in which the flake was struck off. Flakes can be large or tiny, and by studying both the flakes and their negatives, we can reconstruct how the original tools were shaped. ![]()
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And what better way to learn about this than trying some flint knapping yourself.
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