ABSTRACT
The site of modern Polis (ancient Marion/Arsinoë), situated in northwest Cyprus on the Khrysochou Bay, is endowed with archaeological remains attesting to nearly continuous human activity in this region of the island from the Archaic period through the Middle Ages. The material from Polis has been under investigation by a team from Princeton University since 1983, with ongoing research and analysis continuing to the present day.1 The site has proven particularly rich in Late Antique remains, including two Early Christian basilicas discovered near the modern town, the first of which was excavated during the 1980s while Slobodan Ćurčić served as the team’s resident authority on all matters Byzantine. It was his initial reading of the Late Antique material at Polis that sparked my own interest in the site, and accordingly this chapter owes much to his guidance and scholarship.2
