ABSTRACT
The production and trade of Cypriot copper have been the subject of numerous publications and research projects. Some have focused on the ore deposits and the slags in an effort to reconstruct the smelting technology and to estimate the scale of production in antiquity (e.g. Constantinou 1982; Koucky and Steinberg 1982). Others have tried to understand the organization of the ancient copper industry, mainly that of the Bronze Age, through the study of archaeometallurgical and archaeological finds from settlements and sanctuaries (e.g. Keswani 1993; Knapp 1988; Muhly 1989, 1991; Stech 1985; Tylecote 1982). Finally, a great number have dealt with the trade of Cypriot copper in prehistoric and protohistoric times (e.g. Budd et al. 1995; Gale 1991; Gale and Stos-Gale 1995; Knapp and Cherry 1994; Muhly 1982; Muhly et al. 1988).
