Archaic Cyprus

Introduction: the problems Gjerstad's views, an alternative view dating the Cypro-Archaic period

Part 1 The Cypriot Kingdoms: the local populations
Cypriots and Greeks, Eteocypriots, the Phoenicians
culture and society
Cypriot kings and kingdoms
trading communities
Cypriot sanctuaries and votive offerings
architecture
terracotta and ceramic votives
limestone votives
metal dedications and jewellery
Cypriot tombs and burial customs

Part 2 Cyprus, the Near East and Egypt: Cyprus and Assyria
the stele of Sargon II
Sennacherib and the revolt of Luli
Esarhaddon
Ashurbanipal and the 'Period of Independence'
Assyrian objects and the archaeological record
some claims for Assyrian influence
Cyprus and Egypt
chronology
the political relationship between Cyprus and Egypt, the archaeological evidence
Cyprus and Persia
the Cypriot kings of the sixth century
political organization
the archaeological evidence for a Persian presence

Part 3 Local and foreign contacts: internal relations
the written evidence
archaeological groups
sculpture
ceramics
glyptic groups
external relations
the written evidence
foreign influences in Cyprus
Phoenician influences
Greek influences
foreign imports in Cyprus
Phoenician pottery
Greek pottery
Phoenician glyptic
Greek glyptic
Phoenician statuary
Greek statuary
spheres of influence
Cypriot exports to foreign lands
pottery
statuary
glyptic
summary and conclusions