Loukrounou: cultural heritage and community

2011-08-27T11:05:00.000+03:00

I decided to officially archive this blog on the day my DPhil was confirmed. But I have waited for the electronic publication of my thesis, Interrogating Archaeological Ethics in Conflict Zones: Cultural Heritage Work in Cyprus, to announce the archiving. From now on, I will blog at Conflict Antiquities.

On Conflict Antiquities, I will concentrate on illicit antiquities trading, organised crime and political violence in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey. As I explain in an introduction to Conflict Antiquities,

I want to study the history of the trade in conflict antiquities; and to explore the relationship between the trade in conflict antiquities and the funding of conflict and violence.

2009-12-16T13:00:00.000+02:00

Loukrounou: abandoned village, occupied

[Thanks to Dave S's comment on the Evretou photo blog, I will try to give each site photo blog a proper introduction; until then, I'll cross-post the introductory posts from Cultural Heritage in Conflict (or samarkeolog).]

I think this visit to the former Turkish Cypriot village of Loukrounou was incomplete, as I don't think these few, disconnected places are even the centre of the former settlement, let alone its entirety; nevertheless, this is what I have so far.

According to Jack Goodwin (1978: 523), the community remained until 1975, when they were 'escorted to [northern] Cyprus by UNFICYP'; afterwards, Goodwin thought it 'doubtless' that the abandoned village would have been partly, if not fully, occupied by Greek Cypriot refugees from the North - and, evidently, some people are still living and/or working at or near this site.

Goodwin, J C. 1978: An historical toponymy of Cyprus. Nicosia: Jack C. Goodwin.

[THis was originally posted on samarkeolog on 29th November 2006.]

2006-11-29T05:10:00.000+02:00

Loukrounou building 3j

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Loukrounou building 3i

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Loukrounou building 3h

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Loukrounou building 3g

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Loukrounou building 3f

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Loukrounou building 3e

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Loukrounou building 3d

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Loukrounou building 3c

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Loukrounou building 3b

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Loukrounou artefacts 6

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Loukrounou artefact 5

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Loukrounou artefacts 4

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Loukrounou building 3a

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Loukrounou artefact 3c

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Loukrounou artefact 3b

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Loukrounou artefact 3a

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Loukrounou artefacts 2

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Loukrounou buildings 2

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Loukrounou artefacts 1

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Loukrounou buildings 1c

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Loukrounou buildings 1b

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Loukrounou buildings 1a