Monographs

To purchase any of the listed monographs, contact Ms. Vathoulla Moustoukki (admin@caari.org.cy). Email orders should include name, credit card number, billing address, and mailing address.

In North America, Europe and elsewhere, the listed monographs and other publications on Cyprus may be ordered from Oxbow Books at www.oxbowbooks.com.


Stuart Swiny, Robert L. Hohlfelder, and Helena Wylde Swiny (eds.). Res Maritimae: Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean from Prehistory to Late Antiquity, 1994.

Res Maritimae includes a collection of essays by international scholars dealing with such issues as marine archaeology, trade, and ancient history in the Eastern Mediterranean. The publication was the result of the proceedings of the second international symposium "Cities on the Sea." Essays are written in French and English.


Stuart Swiny (ed.) The Earliest Prehistory of Cyprus from Colonization to Exploitation, 2001.

In The Earliest Prehistory, Swiny and other essayists trace developments in the study of Cypriot prehistory. The essayists seek to position Cyprus as playing a significant part in the development of civilization in the Near East. All essays are written in English.


Diane Bolger and Nancy Serwint (eds). Engendering Aphrodite: Women and Society in Ancient Cyprus, 2002.

The authors study the identity and image of the goddess Aphrodite from Cypriot prehistory to the medieval period. Aphrodite is considered in tandem with her Near Eastern counterparts. Essays are concerned with gender, ethnicity, identity, and technology. All essays are written in English.


Stuart Swiny, George Rapp, and Ellen Herscher (eds). Sotira Kaminoudhia, An Early Bronze Age Site in Cyprus, 2003. This is the final site report of the CAARI affiliated excavations of the Sotira Kaminoudhia site. The essays include descriptive and analytical papers placing the finds from the site into a regional context of the Early Bronze Age on Cyprus. All essays are written in English. 600 pages.