Landscape and Interaction: The Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project, Cyprus. Volume 1 Methodology, Analysis and Interpretation 1

The Troodos Mountain range in central Cyprus is a region of great physical and cultural diversity. The landscapes range from fertile, cultivated plains to narrow, dry valleys and forested mountain regions and this physical topography is overlain by a rich human cultural landscape of farming, mining, industry, settlement, burial and ritual behaviour. Over six field seasons, a team of specialists and fieldwalkers from the Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project (TAESP) investigated the northern edge of this region and explored the complex and dynamic relationship between landscape and people over 12,000 years. The results of their integrated and interpretative approach are presented here, in the first of two volumes. Beginning with a considered overview of the context, research aims and methodology of the project, Volume 1 provides detailed accounts of the archaeology, material culture, geography and environmental record of the entire survey area. This wealth of information is then bought together to produce a series of chronological and thematic analyses of the interaction between people and landscape in this region of Cyprus from the Prehistoric through to the Modern period. Preface and Acknowledgements List of Colour Plates List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors 1 Introduction: The TAESP Landscape in Context 2 Methodology and Analytical Procedures 3 The Material Culture of the TAESP Landscape 4 The Environmental Record of the TAESP Landscape 5 Prehistory and History in the TAESP Landscape 6 Conclusions: Interactions in the Cypriot Landscape Appendix: Pottery Chronotypes Bibliography Index Colour Plates The TAESP Landscape, the second of two volumes, presents an area-by-area analysis of the fieldwork and research undertaken by the Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project (TAESP) in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. 00 TAESP vol 1 1 01 TAESP vol 1 19 02 TAESP vol 1 34 03 TAESP vol 1 75 04 TAESP vol 1 314 05 TAESP vol 1 339 06 TAESP vol 1 361 07 TAESP vol 1 371 08 TAESP vol 1 389 09 TAESP vol 1 413 10 TAESP vol 1 417 volume 1. Methodology, analysis and interpretation volume 2. The TAESP landscape.