Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Swedish excavations at Sinda, Cyprus. Excavations conducted by Arne Furumark 1947–1948 Arne Furumark & Charles M. Adelman, with contributions by Paul Åström, Nils-Gustaf Gejwall & Hans Henning von der Osten Abstract When Arne Furumark was entrusted with writing the Late Bronze Age summary volume for the Swedish Cyprus Expedition, he realized that a habitation site was needed in order to clarify problems associated with the last phases of that period. As neither the French nor the Cypriot excavations at Enkomi had yet been published he decided to find his own site: he scouted several, but settled on Sinda because recent illicit digging there had thrown up sherds of a sort never before seen on the island, namely Mycenaean IIIC1b. He conducted two short excavation seasons but the control excavation he planned was aborted when he received notice from Cypriote authorities that there was large scale destruction of the site. Although there is evidence of earlier and later habitation at Sinda, the most important is the Late Bronze Age fortified town (probably built along the copper trading route), with its three phases: Sinda I, II and III. Sinda I, which…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Svenska Syreinexpeditionen 1952–1953 vol. 1. Die Grabung von Tell es-Salihiyeh By Hans Henning von der Osten Contents Vorwort Liste der Abbildungen Liste der Abkürzungen I. Die Lage von Tell Es-Salihiyeh in der Oase von Damaskus Anhang: Deïr Khabiye II. Beschreibung von Tell Es-Salihiyeh III. Die Grabung Die Bauschichten Die Besetzungen Die Keramik Die übrige Kleinfunde IV. Zusammenfassung Liste der geographischen Namen in Syrien List eder Funde und ihre Verteilung auf die Schichten Verzeichneis der Funde Namen- und Sachverzeichnis Bibliographical information Hans Henning von der Osten, Svenska Syreinexpeditionen 1952–1953 vol. 1. Die Grabung von Tell es-Salihiyeh (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Athen, 4°, 4), Lund 1956. ISSN 0586-0539.