During excavations at Polis Chrysochous, specifically at the Iron Age sanctuary site of Polis-Peristeries, I noticed that many sherds have large red (hard) chunks as inclusions. These large red inclusions occur in several different wares (Plain Light, Heavy Coarse, White Painted, and Bichrome are the main ones). To the naked eye these resembled chunks of red jasper. Similar inclusions were noted in sherds from many time periods, not just the Iron Age material, found in the Polis Pyrgos Archaeological Survey Project (PAP) (see e.g., Smith 2014). These inclusions were examined by Costas Xenophontos through three examples presented to him in photographs by the director of the PAP (Xenophontos 2014). He thinks that the inclusions are not ...
Calcareous clay body with large chunks of red ochre.
During excavations at Polis Chrysochous, specifically at the Iron Age sanctuary site of Polis-Peristeries, I noticed that many sherds have large red (hard) chunks as inclusions. These large red inclusions occur in several different wares (Plain Light, Heavy Coarse, White Painted, and Bichrome are the main ones). To the naked eye these resembled chunks of red jasper. Similar inclusions were noted in sherds from many time periods, not just the Iron Age material, found in the Polis Pyrgos Arc...
Princeton Cyprus Expedition
Polis-Pyrgos Archaeological Survey Project
