Moni Valley (Cyprus): Survey, Archaeometry and Landscape Archaeology, Seasons 2011-2013

This project, a study of the landscape in the area of Moni, Pyrgos, and Monagroulli (Limassol-Cyprus), began in 2011 with a large team, including scholars, as well as PhD and MPhil students from different institutions. The research employs a suite of traditional methodologies for the study of landscape (intensive and judgmental survey, GIS mapping, location of the sites using differential-GPS, studies on typologies, distribution and statistics of pottery finds), in combination with technologies to integrate and augment the above information (remote sensing on aerial photos and high definition panchromatic satellite photos, geomorphological reconstruction of contexts, archaeometric analyses of finds and building materials, and non-invasive geophysical prospection). This paper provides the preliminary results of the project’s first three years of work.