Ridder Elizabeth, Galletti Christopher S, Fall Patricia L, Falconer Steven E
Department of Liberal Studies, California State University, San Marcos, 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd., San Marcos, CA 92096, USA.
Department of Geography, Dartmouth College, 6017 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755-3571, USA.
J Environ Manage. 2017 Nov 1;202(Pt 3):514-523. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.12.037. Epub 2016 Dec 29.
We investigate ancient agricultural terraces and their associated social and economic activities across the site complex consisting of the village at Politiko-Troullia and its more extensive associated taskscape. Surface artifact distributions mapped over 12 ha are integrated with evidence excavated from this Bronze Age settlement in central Cyprus. Contrary to expectations, artifact densities do not diminish with distance from the village architecture. In particular, concentrations of Prehistoric Bronze Age ceramics and ground stone artifacts are most pronounced on nearby terraced hillsides. These terraces were not utilized for domestic structures, but for extensive processing of agricultural crops and copper ore. Bronze Age excavated plant remains indicate cultivation of olives, grapes and figs, with wood resources dominated by olive and pine. Larger, non-portable ground stones and gaming stones are associated with communal social and economic activities in open courtyard settings in Politiko-Troullia. This category of ground stone also is particularly common on the terraced hillsides around Troullia, suggesting that similar behaviors occurred beyond village structures. The terraced landscape of Politiko-Troullia exemplifies a multi-faceted taskscape with a range of agricultural, metallurgical and social activities.
我们对位于波利蒂科-特鲁利亚村及其更为广阔的相关作业区域内的古代农业梯田及其相关的社会和经济活动展开了调查。在超过12公顷的区域绘制的地表文物分布情况，与从塞浦路斯中部这个青铜时代定居点发掘出的证据相结合。与预期相反，文物密度并未随着与村庄建筑距离的增加而减少。特别是，史前青铜时代的陶器和磨制石器在附近的梯田山坡上最为集中。这些梯田并非用于建造住宅，而是用于大规模的农作物加工和铜矿加工。青铜时代发掘出的植物遗骸表明当时种植了橄榄、葡萄和无花果，木材资源以橄榄树和松树为主。较大的、不可移动的磨制石器和游戏石与波利蒂科-特鲁利亚露天庭院环境中的公共社会和经济活动相关。这类磨制石器在特鲁利亚周围的梯田山坡上也特别常见，这表明类似的活动在村庄建筑之外也有发生。波利蒂科-特鲁利亚的梯田景观体现了一个具有一系列农业、冶金和社会活动的多面作业区域。
