Tochni-Lakkia Revealed: Reconsidering Settlement Patterns in the Vasilikos and Maroni Valleys, Cyprus.

Tochni Lakkia is a site located at the South central coast of Cyprus, characterised by at least two occupation phases. Due to its coastal location and the modern industrial activities in its immediate surroundings, Lakkia is dramatically eroding. The site was first identified and recorded in 1975 and by 2010, a series of Late Bronze Age (LC) and Iron Age walls among other features have been revealed. In 2011 and in particular in 2012 a significant archaeological dataset has been recorded by hand and laser scanning and the field has been surveyed with the use of geophysics equipment and traditional surface survey techniques.Even though Tochni Lakkia has not yet been excavated, the information provided by the long exposed section and the survey results suggest that it is an important LC coastal site. A site of such character and dimension challenges the traditional views on the debated relation between the Vasilikos and the Maroni Valleys. It provides new insight on the interaction between Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios and the Maroni (Vournes and Tsaroukkas) complex, and forms the basis for innovative, more flexible proposals on settlement patterning for Late Bronze Age Cyprus. Such proposals derive from the Cypriot landscape and incorporate its role in the formation and transformation of identities and their spatial expression