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Approximate calendar date for the first human settlement of Cyprus?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sturt W. Manning
Sturt W. Manning*
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Jesus College, Cambridge CB5, 8BL, UK
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Antiquity , Volume 65 , Issue 249 , December 1991 , pp. 870 - 878
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1991

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The radiocarbon determinations from the archaeological deposits at Akrotiri Aetokremnos, (Simmons’ paper above, pages 857–69) set a human presence on Cyprus back beyond the limit of the standard radiocarbon calibration. New approaches nevertheless make possible an approximate calibration of the date of settlement into real calendar years.

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