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. Arne Furumark dedicata Opuscula Atheniensia 8 Contents Robert S. Merrillees, ‘Two Late Cypriote vases’, pp. 1–10. Homer L. Thomas, ‘Archaeological implications of Near Eastern historical chronology’, 11–22. V.E.G. Kenna, ‘Studies of birds on seals of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean in the Bronze Age’, pp. 23–38. Robin Hägg, ‘Mykenische Kultstatten im archaologischen Material’, pp. 39–60. Margareta Lindgren, ‘Two Linear B problems reconsidered from a methodological point of view’, pp. 61–76. Sture Brunnsåker, ‘LEOKORION = ra-wo-ko-ri-jo? A note on the toponymy of Athens’, pp. 77–86. Per Ålin, ‘Unpublished Mycenaean sherds from Asine’, pp. 87–105. Carl-Gustaf Styrenius, ‘A Submycenaean vase’, pp. 107–108. Frithiof Rundgren, ‘”Die leicht lebenden Götter”‘, pp. 109–110. Olivier Masson, ‘Notes de numismatique chypriote’, pp. 111–118. Carl Nylander, ‘ΑΣΣΥΡΙΑ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ. Remarks on the 21st letter of Themistokles’, pp. 119–136. T.B.L. Webster, ‘The Cesnola collection in Stanford’, pp. 137–148. Paavo Roos, ‘Research at Caunus’, pp. 149–166. Paul Åström, ‘Two inscriptions from Caunus’, pp. 167–169. Jonas Crampa, ‘Some remarks on Welles, Royal correspondence, 29’, pp. 171–178. Nils-Gustaf Gejvall & Folke Henschen, ‘Two Late Roman skeletons with malformation and close family relationship from ancient Corinth’, pp. 179–193. Paul Åström, Nils-Gustaf Gejvall & Per…