Tenta, Cyprus
Tenta, also known as Kalavasos-Tenta or Tenda, is an Aceramic Neolithic settlement in Cyprus which dates to approximately 7000 B.C. Located 3.2km north of Kalavasos in the Larnaca District, Porphyrios Dikaios first discovered the site in 1940 and first excavated it in 1947. Five further seasons of excavation by a team from Brandeis University occurred from 1976 to 1984, which was part of the Vasilikos Valley Project. The major aim of the project was the recovery of data from settlements surrounding the Vasilikos Valley (including Tenta). Tenta is now a visited archaeological landmark covered by a cone-shaped protective shelter.
History
It became a settlement in the New Stone Age.[1]
Archaeological excavations
It was excavated by a team from the Brandeis University[2] from 1976 to 1984—under Ian Todd's leadership. Excavations were carried out each summer from 1976 though 1979, and a final summer season took place in 1984. The excavations were funded for the first four seasons by the National Science Foundation.
See also
References
- According to chart on the wall in exhibit room number 1 at the Larnaca District Museum
- Stylianou, Philippos (17–23 June 2011). "Archaeological excavations". Retrieved 11 February 2013.
Bibliography
- McCarthy, Caroline (2006). Demetra Papaconstantinou (ed.). The meaning of context for changing interpretations of the Cypriot aceramic Neolithic (Deconstructing context. A critical approach to archaeological practice ed.). Oxford: Oxbow Books/David Brown Book Co. pp. 79–97. ISBN 978-1-84217-204-9.
- Todd, Ian A.; Douglas Baird (1987). Excavations at Kalavasos-Tenta (Vasilikos Valley Project 6 Vol. 1 ed.). Gothenburg: Paul Åströms förlag. ISBN 978-91-86098-48-3.
- Todd, Ian A. (2005). Excavations at Kalavasos-Tenta (Studies in Mediterranean archaeology 71/7 ed.). Gothenburg: Paul Åströms förlag.