Abstract

The papers in this volume honour and elucidate Ian Todd’s important research on the prehistory of Anatolia and Cyprus. Ian’s work at Çatalhöyük and his Central Anatolian Survey are discussed, updated and reassessed in chapters by Hodder, Baird, Baysal, Summers and Bachhuber. Özbaşaran, Duru and Kayacan outline key results from ongoing work at Aşıklı and Düring investigates connections between Kalavasos Tenta and Aşıklı Höyük in light of recent evidence. Several chapters focus on the legacy of Todd’s excavations at Tenta (South) and the Vasilikos Valley Project (Kearns and Andreou). Crewe discusses evidence for early Cypro-PPN activity at Kissonerga, Wasse, Reese and Clarke suggest a ritual use for triton shells in underground complexes at Kokkinoyia, Bolger explores differences in Chalcolithic ceramics at Kalavasos and Kissonerga and Clarke suggests that Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic low walled trays were used for salt production. Manning addresses the Cypriot longue durée through an examination of radiocarbon data from the 7th–6th millennia BC, while other chapters focus on later periods: Georgiou on a rare human representation of the Early Cypriot period and Steel on household taskscapes at Late Bronze Age Arediou. The volume provides numerous fresh insights and will be of interest to scholars working in both Anatolia and Cyprus.