Northwestern Troodos tile ware | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Ware/Ware Family/Style: Northwestern Troodos tile ware

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Name, Geographic and Chronological Range

Name:

Northwestern Troodos tile ware

Country/region of ware origin:

Cyprus/Troodos mountains

Date BCE/CE:

1st-3rd c. CE

Period:

Roman

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General Information and Description

General Information

This ware belongs in the Northwestern Troodos ware group identified based on petrographic analysis by J. Gordon-Smith: Inclusions: plagioclase-feldspar, quartz, (clino-)pyroxene, grog, opaques and glass. Occasional amfibole and foraminifera. It originates in the northern Troodos foothills. This is recognisable by the combination of pyroxene, feldspar and plagioclase from the ultra-basic rocks of the Troodos Mountains and volcanic glass from the pillow lavas.

Description

Abundent-moderately abundent angular or sub-angular temper, 2-0.01 mm Inclusions: plagioclase-feldspar, quartz, (clino-)pyroxene, grog, opaques, and glass. Occasional amfibole and foraminifera

Vessels 2

Evrykhou Tomb 5/TM043

Tile

Evrykhou

1st-3rd c. CE

Roman

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Karkotis Valley Survey Unit 1039/TM028

Tile

Karkotis Valley

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Break Photos 1

Evrykhou Tomb 5/TM043

Tile

Evrykhou

1st-3rd c. CE

Roman

Petrographic Samples 1

Karkotis Valley Survey Unit 1039/TM028 TS
Karkotis Valley Survey Unit 1039/TM028
Karkotis Valley

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Magnification:
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Polarized Light?
XPL

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Earlier/Alternative Names

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Site Distribution

Cyprus

Evrykhou (Cyprus/Troodos mountains)

Karkotis Valley (Cyprus/Troodos mountains)

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Associated Petrofabrics

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Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

Kristina WInther-Jacobsen. "3.3: Hellenistic-Roman Pottery" in Given, M., A.B. Knapp, J.S. Noller, L. Sollars and V. Kassianidou (eds.), Landscape and interaction: the Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project, Cyprus 1: Methodology, analysis and interpretation., ed(s). Given, M., A.B. Knapp, J.S. Noller, L. Sollars and V. Kassianidou. Levant Supplementary Series. London: Council for British Research in the Levant Oxford: Oxbow, 2013, 63-69
Kristina WInther-Jacobsen. "5.3: Hellenistic-Roman Landscape" in Landscape and interaction: the Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project, Cyprus 1: Methodology, analysis and interpretation , ed(s). Given, M., A.B. Knapp, J.S. Noller, L. Sollars and V. Kassianidou. Levant Supplementary Series. London: Council for British Research in the Levant Oxford: Oxbow, 2013, 328-334

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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