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Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments Project

Welcome
Welcome to the website of the The Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments (KAMBE) Project, an interdisciplinary investigation of the relationships between urban landscapes, social interaction, and social change on the island of Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age (c. 1650-1100 BCE).
Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios
Previous excavations have revealed parts of a thriving Late Bronze Age city, including the monumental Building X with its “Pithos Hall” (shown here), where the remains of over 50 massive storage jars, which once contained olive oil, were recovered. But how were these excavated areas woven together into an urban fabric?
Maroni
Survey and excavations have revealed several areas of Late Bronze Age settlement in the Maroni Valley, including a monumental complex at Vournes and an industrial port at Tsaroukkas. Were these part of an integrated city or do they represent a low-density or dispersed form of urbanism?
New Digital Methods
The KAMBE Project uses cutting-edge digital and geospatial technologies for detecting, recording and visualizing the archaeological remains of Kalavasos and Maroni, including 3D laser scanning, photogrammetry, and a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) with digital and thermal cameras.
Archaeological Geophysics
The KAMBE Project is using magnetometry and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to detect the remains of buried urban buildings and infrastructure at Kalavasos and Maroni. High resolution GPR survey has allowed us to produce incredibly detailed plans of buried structures.
Experiential Learning
The KAMBE Project trains undergraduate and graduate students in many aspects of field archaeology, from excavation to the latest digital methods for recording and analysis.

Welcome to the website of the The Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments (KAMBE) Project, an interdisciplinary investigation of the relationships between urban landscapes, social interaction, and social change on the Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age (or Late Cypriot period, c. 1650-1100 BCE). This collaborative effort brings together researchers from The University of British Columbia, Cornell University, The University of Chicago, and the University of Southhampton. Our work focuses on two important urban centers, Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios and the Maroni complex located in neighboring river valleys in south-central Cyprus.

On this website you’ll find information on the project’s background and objectives, our team members, the sites we’re studying, and the methods we use to investigate them. It also provides reports on our work, a listing of publications and presentations by project members, and links to the data that we’ve collected, which are available to interested researchers and members of the public for download. Thanks for visiting!

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