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The Cypriot Extra-Urban Sanctuary as a Central Place: the Case of Agia Irini

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  • Giorgos Papantoniou

    (Department of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus)

  • Giorgos Bourogiannis

    (Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities (Medelhavsmuseet) Stockholm, Fredsgatan 2, P.O. Box 16008, 10321 Stockholm, Sweden)

Abstract

This article contributes to the ongoing debate on the relationship between sanctuaries and the territoriality of the Iron Age polities of Cyprus. The sanctuary site of Agia Irini, at the locality Alonia, is used as a case-study to test hypotheses regarding the connection between extra-urban sacred space and the formation of political and cultural identities. After a short introduction to the theme, a combination of archaeological (context and iconography) and geographic data is implemented in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analyses in order to contextualise the centrality of this sanctuary within its political, economic, cultural and symbolic landscapes. The discussion proceeds with the examination of pottery evidence from the sanctuary, both published and unpublished, in order to reveal if and how site based analysis of a category of material may help to further reveal the significance of this sanctuary as a central place, albeit lying in an un-central landscape.

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  • Giorgos Papantoniou & Giorgos Bourogiannis, 2018. "The Cypriot Extra-Urban Sanctuary as a Central Place: the Case of Agia Irini," Land, MDPI, vol. 7(4), pages 1-27, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:7:y:2018:i:4:p:139-:d:183372
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    1. Giorgos Papantoniou & Athanasios K. Vionis, 2017. "Landscape Archaeology and Sacred Space in the Eastern Mediterranean: A Glimpse from Cyprus," Land, MDPI, vol. 6(2), pages 1-18, June.
    2. Daniel Knitter & Oliver Nakoinz, 2018. "The Relative Concentration of Interaction—A Proposal for an Integrated Understanding of Centrality and Central Places," Land, MDPI, vol. 7(3), pages 1-18, July.
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