VOL. CXXXVII
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STUDIES IN
MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY:
FIFTY YEARS ON
EDITED BY
Jennifer M. Webb and David Frankel
ÅSTRÖMS FÖRLAG
UPPSALA 2012 i STUDIES IN MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY
Volume CXXXVII
Founded by Paul Åström
Editors-in-Chief
Jennifer M. Webb
David Frankel
La Trobe University, Melbourne sima@astromeditions.com Advisory Board
Hector Catling
Vassos Karageorghis
Robert Merrillees
Carl-Gustaf Styrenius
Editorial Board
Shlomo Bunimovitz
Jan Driessen
Nikos Efstratiou
Peter Fischer
Jeannette Forsén
Maria Iacovou
Reinhard Jung
Demetrios Michaelides
Edgar Peltenburg
Despo Pilides
Nancy Serwint
Joanna S. Smith
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ISSN: 0081-8232
ISBN: 978-91-7081-246-0
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Paul Åström
This volume is dedicated to the memory of Professor Paul Åström, founder of
Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology
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Contents
Table of contents
Publisher’s preface, by Lennart Åström
v vii Editors’ preface, by Jennifer M. Webb and David Frankel
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List of contributors
xi
1.
Reflections on the beginning of SIMA, by Lena Söderhjelm
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2.
Fifty years of SIMA publications on Cypriot archaeology: achievements and perspectives, by Vassos Karageorghis
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The SIMA Corpus of Cypriote Antiquities: the way forward, by Despo Pilides
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‘Strange places crammed with observation’: reporting the site, by David Frankel
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Early Cypriot prehistory in the light of recent developments, by Nikos Efstratiou
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6.
Fifty years on: evaluating SIMA’s contribution to Aegean Early Bronze Age archaeology, by Jeannette Forsén
43
7.
Kalopsidha: forty-six years after SIMA volume 2, by Jennifer M. Webb
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SIMA’s contribution to Cypriot
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