City of Gold: The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus / Princeton University Art Museum(10/20/12–01/20/13)

by: Childs, W. Padgett, L.M. Smith, J.S.

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 City of gold : the archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus
Authors:William A. P. Childs, Joanna S. Smith, J. Michael Padgett, William R. Caraher

The modern Cypriot town of Polis Chrysochous—"City of Gold"—lies above the city of Arsinoe and the earlier city-kingdom of Marion. In 1885 excavators began exploring the extensive cemeteries of these cities. Since 1983 the Princeton Cyprus Expedition has focused on the remains of sanctuaries, public buildings, workshops, and private residences spanning the Geometric through Classical periods of Marion and the Hellenistic through Roman, early Christian, and medieval periods of Arsinoe. Combining archaeological investigation and historical analysis, City of Gold relates the discoveries establishing that these cities had close ties with Greece and with regions from Egypt to Anatolia, findings best represented by the painted vases and terracotta sculptures of Marion and the architecture of Arsinoe. Nearly half of the 110 artifacts included in the catalogue are previously unpublished, and another third are published in detail for the first time. Distributed for the Princeton University Art Museum

Contents:
Histories of archaeology at Polis Chrysochous / Joanna S. Smith
Marion : a city-kingdom of ancient Cyprus / William A.P. Childs
The sanctuaries of Marion / Joanna S. Smith, Mary Grace Weir, and Nancy Serwint
The city of Arsinoe in the Hellenistic and Roman periods / Tina Najbjerg
Arsinoe in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages / Amy Papalexandrou and William Caraher

Subjects:
Antike
Antiquities
Cyprus Polis
Excavations (Archaeology)
Excavations (Archaeology) Cyprus Polis
Fouilles (Archéologie) Chypre Polis
Funde
Polis
Polis (Cyprus) Antiquities

Published on the occasion of the exhibition "City of gold: tomb and temple in ancient Cyprus", on view at the Princeton University Art Museum from October 20, 2012, through January 20, 2013

359 pages : illustrations, maps (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

City of Gold: The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus / Princeton University Art Museum(10/20/12–01/20/13)

by: Childs, W. Padgett, L.M. Smith, J.S.

• ISBN-13: 9780300174397 / 978-0-300-17439-7
• ISBN-03: 030017439X | 0-300-17439-X
• Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2012

Price: 49,00 EURO

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